Always Remember You

[Verse 1]
I still see your shoes by the front door
Jacket on the chair where you left it that night
Mom still sets a place at the table
Talks to your picture like you’re gonna reply
[Chorus]
Can’t believe you’re gone
I keep reaching for a hand that I can’t hold
Wish you were still here
To roll your eyes at all the stories I retold
If heaven’s where you had to run to
Save a quiet place with a view
I’ll laugh again
I’ll cry again
But I’ll always remember you
[Verse 2]
I drive past the field where we learned how to fall
You said “little scars just mean that we lived”
Now I’d trade every mark on my body
For one more bad joke
One more midnight shift
[Chorus]
Can’t believe you’re gone
I keep reaching for a hand that I can’t hold
Wish you were still here
To roll your eyes at all the stories I retold
If heaven’s where you had to run to
Save a quiet place with a view
I’ll laugh again
I’ll cry again
But I’ll always remember you
[Bridge]
Do you hear me when I say your name? (oh)
Do you see me when I fall apart?
I talk to the air like you’re beside me
You live in the cracks of my heart
[Chorus]
Can’t believe you’re gone
But I carry every word you ever spoke
Wish you were still here
Every broken day
You’re still my hope
If heaven’s where you had to run to
I’ll keep my whole life chasing you
I’ll love again
I’ll lose again
But I’ll always remember you

pop, Tender pop ballad with intimate piano and warm pads under male vocals; verses stay sparse and close-mic’d, then chorus swells with wide reverb, soft toms, and stacked harmonies. Subtle bass and muted guitar fill the low-mid space, bridge strips back to almost a cappella before a final, soaring chorus with echoing ad-libs trailing into a gentle piano outro., ballad