Regret Much?

[Verse 1]
You don’t say their name out loud
Like it might explain itself
You talk slower now somehow
Like you’re choosing words for help
I notice what you traded for
I don’t need it spelled out clear
Some choices only make sense
When fear’s the one steering

[Pre-Chorus]
I could ask what you were thinking
But we both know that reply
So I let the question rot
Behind my clenched, polite smile

[Chorus]
I see the regret settling in
Like it finally learned your face
I won’t circle it or celebrate
What time’s already erased
Don’t confuse my self-control
For saying that you were right
You didn’t level up — you picked down
And I’m trying not to rub it in tonight

[Verse 2]
They look impressed by simple things
You used to laugh at with me
You outgrew depth, not me
That’s the part you won’t say clean
I stayed difficult, stayed sharp
You chose easy, young, and impressed
That’s not love — that’s escape
Dressed up as less

[Pre-Chorus]
I could line it up in numbers
I could show you what you lost
But regret’s already teaching you
At a higher cost

[Chorus]
I see the regret settling in
Every time you hesitate
I won’t make a show of it
Or underline your mistake
Don’t call this maturity
Or me being “above the fight”
You didn’t level up — you picked down
And I’m biting my tongue tonight

[Bridge]
This isn’t mercy
It’s restraint
I don’t need to win
You already changed

[Guitar Solo]

[Final Chorus - stripped, colder]
I acknowledge the regret
That’s all you’re getting from me
I won’t dress it up in cruelty
Or hand you clarity
You know what you replaced
You feel it every time
So I’ll stand here, say nothing
And let you rub it in yourself this time

Dark rock, goth-pop/goth n’ roll influence, punchy drums, biting guitar, anthemic chorus underlick, male baritone