Still Standing There

**Verse 1**

The room still smells like you

Static in the air, I don’t move

Your shadow hangs where the light should be

I trace the silence, hoping it bleeds

I say your name but it falls apart

Hits the floor before it hits my heart

Every word feels borrowed now

Like I’m speaking from someone else’s mouth

**Pre-Chorus**

I’m scared of what I’ll find

If I look you in the eyes

Are you here, or just the thought

That I can’t outrun tonight?

**Chorus**

Is it really you

Or just a memory I hold too tight?

I reach out and fall straight through

You fade every time I try

If I stay right here

Will you finally tell the truth?

Or am I alone with the ghost

Of someone I once knew?

**Verse 2**

Your voice still hums in the walls

Low and warm, then nothing at all

I sleep on the edge of the bed

Like I’m waiting for you to come back instead

Time moves slow when you’re not real

Every second cuts, but I still kneel

If this pain is all that’s left

Then let it hurt—I’ll take the theft

**Pre-Chorus**

I’m scared to let you go

‘Cause it’s all I have to hold

If I lose this version of you

There’s no comfort in the cold

**Chorus**

Is it really you

Or just a dream that won’t release?

I say your name like a wound

Hoping you’ll bleed back into me

If I close my eyes

Do you disappear too?

Or do I wake up empty

Still reaching for you?

**Bridge (soft, whispered)**

I don’t need answers

I don’t need peace

I just need to know

You existed to me

**Breakdown / Heavy Section**

I FEEL YOU SLIP

EVERY TIME I BREATHE

YOU’RE EVERYWHERE

BUT YOU’RE NOT WITH ME

I SCREAM YOUR NAME

IN A SILENT ROOM

IF THIS IS LOVE

IT’S A SLOW DEATH TOO

**Final Chorus (stripped back)**

Is it really you

Standing right in front of me?

Or just the shape of what we were

Burned into my memory

If I let this die

Will I finally be free?

Or will I always chase the space

Where you used to be?

**Outro**

I stay

Just in case

You come back

The same

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