Million Little Shards

[Intro]
[Male]
I did one thing wrong
Now it's all I am
One crack in the glass
Now I’m cut by my hands
[Verse 1]
[Male]
You said, “I just need space”
I heard, “You’re a burden”
Read it ten more times
Like it might change the wording
Staring at my phone
Like it owes me mercy
Messages unsent
Every word feels dirty
I replay that night
Frame by frame in my head
If I’d left five minutes early
Would we still share this bed?
You don’t look at me
You look through my body
Like a stranger on a train
You used to call me somebody
[Chorus]
[Both]
Million little shards on the bedroom floor
All from one slip, one stupid door
You won’t touch me, you just walk around
Like my name’s a stain you can’t scrub out
[Female]
Say it’s “just one thing,” but it’s all you see
[Male]
Now every good part feels like make-believe
[Both]
You can break a man apart with a single word
Leave him bleeding in the dark
In a million little shards
[Verse 2]
[Female]
You think I don’t hear
How your breathing changes
When I pull my hand away
Like I’m dodging your cages
You say, “I’m still here”
But you’re far, far gone
Eyes red from the guilt
Heart set to “wrong”
You beg me to speak
Then you flinch at my silence
You want perfect forgiveness
But you planted this violence
You broke what we built
Then you call yourself trash
But the truth is, I’m drowning
In your fallout and ash
[Pre-Chorus]
[Female]
You keep asking if I love you
Like a verdict, like a trial
But I’m standing in the wreckage
On a pile of broken tiles
[Chorus]
[Both]
Million little shards on the bedroom floor
All from one slip, one stupid door
You won’t touch me, you just walk around
Like my name’s a stain you can’t scrub out
[Male]
Say it’s “just one thing,” but it’s all you see
[Female]
Now every word burns when you talk to me
[Both]
You can break a heart apart with a single turn
Leave it scattered in the dark
In a million little shards
[Bridge]
[Male]
I’m the ghost on your couch
Clothes still in your drawer
Half a man in the mirror
Can’t find him anymore
If you need me to vanish
Say the word, I’ll be gone (be gone)
I can’t stand being hated
In the place I called home
[Female]
I don’t hate you, I’m hollow
That might hurt even more
You’re not monster or angel
You’re the crack in the door
I could stay, I could leave
Either way, we’re scarred
We both step, we both bleed
On these million little shards
[Chorus]
[Both]
Million little shards on the bedroom floor
From one wrong step we can’t ignore
You reach for me, but we both pull back
Hands cut open on the things we lack
[Male]
If you throw me away, I’ll say I understand
[Female]
If I hold you again, will we break again?
[Both]
You can end or save a life with a single word
Two lost bodies in the dark
On a million little shards
[Outro]
[Male]
One mistake, one mark
Now it’s all I am (all I am)
[Female]
We’re too sharp to hold
But too deep to end
[Both]
So we lie here, barely breathing
Hearts too tired, eyes too hard
Two soft, ruined people
On a million little shards

rap, Dark, cinematic hip-hop ballad with male and female vocals trading verses; sparse, detuned piano and distant choirs over a slow, knocking drum groove and deep sub. Verses stay intimate and close-mic’d, drums tucked back; choruses bloom with layered harmonies, eerie pads, and filtered vocal chops. Final hook strips to piano and reverb-heavy ad-libs, leaving a cold, empty space in the mix., slow, sad, hip hop