Before there’s nothing

[Verse 1 very intimate]

I try to forget you, but you’re in my breathing
In every quiet, in everything I regret
I push you away, then I pull you back in
Like loving you’s something I shouldn’t confess
I keep telling myself I’ll be fine somehow
But I’m not who I used to be now

[Pre-Chorus - almost whispered]

If I stay, I disappear
If I leave, I face my fear

Chorus

You need to leave
You’re like something I don’t need
And I’m losing myself slowly
Drifting further away
Please set me free
Please let me go
I’m fading more every day
You need to set me free
Before there’s nothing left of me

Verse 2

I don’t miss you, I miss who I was
When you made me feel like I was enough
But when you’re gone, I shrink inside
Like I don’t exist without you nearby
I hate that you feel like air to me
That I can’t tell love from dependency

[Pre-Chorus - almost whispered]

If I stay, I disappear
If I leave, I face my fear

Chorus

You need to leave
You’re like something I don’t need
And I’m losing myself slowly
Drifting further away
Please set me free
Please let me go
I’m fading more every day
You need to set me free
Before there’s nothing left of me

[Bridge - spoken / stripped]

I don’t want to let you go
It hurts more than I can say
To know I won’t feel your love again
Or hear you say my name
But I need to choose myself
Be who I’m meant to be
Even if it breaks my heart
I’m letting go to save me

[Final Chorus - Outro broken, restrained]

You need to leave
You need to let me go
Please set me free
I’m losing myself, I know
I’m fading away
You need to set me free
Before there’s nothing left of me

[soft repeat]

Nothing left of me

Songwriting Style, Confessional, first-person storytelling,male