Where You Don’t Come Back

**Verse 1**

I still leave the hallway light on

Like you’re lost somewhere between

The version of us I remember

And the truth I’ve never seen

Your sweater’s hanging by the door

I tell myself I’ll move it soon

But I don’t trust what happens

When this house stops making room

**Pre-Chorus**

If I let the dust settle

If I let the air clear

There’ll be nothing left of you

In here

**Chorus**

You’re not coming back

I know that now

But my hands still shake

Like you’re around

I talk to the dark

Like it’s you somehow

And every night I let you go

But you don’t let me down

If love was enough

You’d still be here

Now it’s just me

And what we were

**Verse 2**

I memorised your breathing

So I wouldn’t sleep alone

Now the silence feels heavier

Than anything you’ve thrown

I replay every goodbye

Like maybe I missed a sign

Some hidden door I didn’t see

Some way to change your mind

**Pre-Chorus**

But hope’s a quiet killer

It doesn’t scream or fight

It just keeps you waiting

Every night

**Chorus**

You’re not coming back

I taste it in the air

Every promise we made

Is hanging there

I reach for your voice

But it isn’t anywhere

And every morning proves again

You don’t care

If love was enough

We wouldn’t end

Now I’m learning how

To live with it

**Bridge (barely above a whisper)**

I don’t blame you

I don’t blame me

Some things fade

Without a reason

I would’ve stayed

Through anything

But you were already leaving

**Break (subtle swell, restrained emotion)**

If I see you in a dream

Don’t wake me up

Let me believe

Just long enough

**Final Chorus (stripped, fragile)**

You’re not coming back

I finally understand

But that doesn’t stop

My shaking hands

I’ll carry your name

Like it’s all I have

Not because I think you’ll return

But because you never did

**Outro**

The light’s still on

But I won’t wait

I just don’t know

How to turn it off

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