[Intro – Faint choir, low piano, heartbeat fading into static] Whispered: "You let me go… So why am I still here?" --- [Verse 1 – Slow, cold delivery] I thought the dark would hold me tight, Thought silence meant a final night. But I woke up with heavier chains, Still trapped beneath the same old pain. I counted stars and swallowed screams, Made a home in dying dreams. I carved the path with shaking hands — But still I stand, where no one stands. --- [Pre-Chorus – Building tension] You let me fall, but I hit no ground, Just kept on falling with no sound. Every goodbye I screamed out loud Just echoed back inside a cloud. --- [Chorus – Full band swell, despairing tone] Still here… and I don’t know why. Still breathing when I prayed to die. I begged the void to take control, But it spit me back — no heart, no soul. Still stuck beneath this aching skin, Where every loss just breathes within. You let me go, said, “Now you’re free” — But I’m still here, just not me. --- [Verse 2 – Melancholic melody, soft vocals] They said, "Time heals," but time forgot. It left me here to rot and rot. I wear a mask so no one sees The dying thing that lives in me. I used to cry — now I just blink. Every feeling’s on the brink. My hands are cold, my mouth is dry, I don't even care enough to lie. --- [Bridge – Gothic choir and whispers] Choir (distant, solemn): "Miserere nobis…" (Have mercy on us…) Whispered: "I reached the end, I saw the gate. But something dragged me back to hate." I drank the bottle, broke the glass, Lit the match, watched hope collapse. But nothing took. No flames, no grave — Just shadows that refused to cave. --- [Pre-Chorus – Now screaming] You let me fall, but it never ends, This loop of loss that just pretends. No peace, no light, just static hum, And I’m too tired to try or run. --- [Chorus – Anguished crescendo] Still here… and I don’t know why. Still waking up just to wish I could cry. I begged for silence, begged for peace, But I'm a wound that won't release. I don't feel fear, I don’t feel pain, Just echoes screaming in my brain. You let me go, you watched me fade — But I’m still stuck where demons prayed. --- [Outro – Quiet, fading piano, final whisper] Whispered: "I let go. But the world held on… and that’s the cruelest part." ---

After You Let Me Go