Keep You, Let You Go

[Verse 1]
Quiet cab
City blurs like wet paint
Your sweater on the backseat
Still smells like last May
I scroll through us
Till the screen starts to ache
Every laugh
Every fight
Every almost-break
[Chorus]
I keep you
Let you go
You’re the bruise I don’t show
You’re a ghost in my pulse
Moving on
But I know
I still love you in the spaces
That no one ever sees
I keep you
Let you go
But you live inside of me (inside of me)
[Verse 2]
New name
On my cracked phone screen
He’s kind
He’s trying
Leaves me room to breathe
But your voice
Runs under every word
Like a quiet translation
Of everything I’ve heard
[Chorus]
I keep you
Let you go
You’re the bruise I don’t show
You’re a ghost in my pulse
Moving on
But I know
I still love you in the spaces
That no one ever sees
I keep you
Let you go
But you live inside of me (oh, inside of me)
[Bridge]
Maybe this is how it ends
You in my blood
Not in my bed
Not a promise
Not a prayer
Just a truth I always wear
So I’ll learn how to be alright
With a past that still feels bright
You’re a room I had to leave
But the key stays on my keychain
[Chorus]
I keep you
Let you go
You’re the bruise I don’t show
You’re a ghost in my pulse
Moving on
But I know
I still love you in the spaces
That no one ever sees
I keep you
Let you go
But you live inside of me
Yeah
I keep you
Let you go
But you live inside of me

pop, Alt R&B / lo-fi pop at 72 BPM, female vocals close and breathy over soft 808s and hazy pads. Verse stays sparse with dusty percussion ticks and warm side-chained keys; chorus widens with doubled vocals, soft falsetto ad-libs, and subtle reverb tails. Gentle low-end thump and muted guitar swells carry a late-night, rides-alone melancholy, ending on a lingering synth chord that lets the last line hang in the air., soft, lo-fi, r&b, female vocals