Couldn’t Let Me Go

[Intro]
I heard you talking to the stone
Voice cracked like a broken oath
You traced my name with dirty hands
Said
“I should’ve been a better man”
[Verse 1]
You brought flowers you said I’d hate
Too bright for a box this gray
You laughed once
Then bit it back
“Guess I saved my visits for the wake”
You read texts you never sent
All those drafts
All that dead intent
Every “soon” you let decay
Now you’re screaming at the sky
But I’m too far away
[Chorus]
You couldn’t let me go
Now you’re choking on the words you never spoke
“I wish I came around more”
Echoes off the churchhouse door
You’re pounding on the years you can’t rewind
Bleeding through the spaces left behind
You couldn’t let me go
So you wear my ghost like a coat in the cold (hey)
[Verse 2]
You sit down in my old chair
Boots on the table like I was there
Flip through mail in my fake name
Junk and bills and a baseball game
You find tickets from that night
You said work
I said “it’s fine”
I was lying
You were too
Now the seat beside you’s always saving room for truth
[Chorus]
You couldn’t let me go
Now you’re choking on the words you never spoke
“I wish I came around more”
Echoes off the churchhouse door
You’re pounding on the years you can’t rewind
Bleeding through the spaces left behind
You couldn’t let me go
So you wear my ghost like a coat in the cold
[Verse 3]
You curse God in the parking lot
Punch the dash till your knuckles pop
Tell my picture on your cracked phone screen
“All the time I saved just swallowed me”
You drink coffee at 2 a.m
In my hoodie like it’s armor again
You whisper to the empty air
“If I get another chance
I swear
I swear…”
But I’m already gone from your today
Just a name that makes your whole chest shake
So live hard
Live loud
Let the dead one know
You finally came around—you finally let me go (oh)

rock, Emotional hard rock ballad turning heavier each section: clean guitar arpeggios and male vocals in the intro, then big crunch guitars and driving tom-heavy drums in the verses. Bass glues the low end, with a soaring, shout-along chorus, subtle backing harmonies on key lines, and a final verse that explodes into double-time energy before cutting to a raw, almost a cappella final bar., hard rock, emotional