[Intro – stripped, distant]
Go ahead, call me a coward
Say I’m not strong like you
I live inside my head too much
Step inside my shoes
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[Verse 1]
I think I live inside my thoughts
Sometimes I feel like I’m gone
Smiling just to blend in
While my mind keeps screaming “run”
I never been at peace with me
Don’t need your pity talk
You give advice, then laugh it off
When I’m not around at all
Close the door, let me breathe
Just me and the silence
I carry weight I never chose
Tryna hide it, stay defiant
I been losing my balance
Fighting thoughts I can’t outrun
I don’t need saving speeches
I just needed someone
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[Pre-Chorus]
I don’t wanna disappear
I just don’t wanna hurt like this
If you could hear my heartbeat now
You’d know I’m still resisting it
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[Chorus – melodic, emotional]
If I would’ve known
You wouldn’t be here anymore
I would’ve made the moments last
A little longer than before
Now I’m alone
And you’re a picture in my mind
I would’ve given anything
Just to say goodbye
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[Verse 2 – grief]
I still see you in the places
That we used to roam
Like your name is etched in everything
I can’t call home
We were summer in the daylight
Now it’s winter in my chest
I replay every memory
Wondering what I missed
I get angry, then I break down
Then I blame myself
Thinking maybe I could’ve helped
If I’d noticed signs you felt
Part of me is hurt and scared
Part of me feels left behind
I hate the thought you felt alone
While I was right beside
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[Bridge – turning point]
Maybe strength ain’t never silence
Maybe pain needs air
Maybe staying is the bravest thing
When leaving feels so near
If you could see me now
I hope you’d want me here
I’m trying to live the days
You couldn’t see so clear
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[Final Chorus – fuller instrumentation]
If I would’ve known
That you were slipping out of sight
I would’ve held you tighter
Stayed a little longer that night
Now you’re gone
But I’m still standing in the rain
I’ll carry you inside my voice
So your memory stays
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[Outro – quiet resolve]
They say the world’s better off without us
But that was never true
I’m still here, breathing through the pain
For me… and you