I Keep You

**Verse 1**

I don’t delete your messages

I read them every night

Not because I miss you

Just to make sure they’re still mine

I memorised the timestamps

The pauses in between

The way you said “it’s nothing”

When it wasn’t nothing to me

**Pre-Chorus**

I don’t feel it anymore

Not the way I should

But I keep checking

Like I could

**Chorus**

I keep you

In the quiet parts of my room

In the spaces I don’t use

In the air I don’t move

I don’t cry

I don’t break

I just replay

Everything

You’re not here

But I keep you

**Verse 2**

Your name still fits my mouth

Like it never left

I say it under my breath

Just to hear how it sounds

I scroll through photos

Like I’m studying proof

That you existed

The way I do

**Pre-Chorus**

I don’t call

I don’t reach

I just let it circle

Underneath

**Chorus**

I keep you

Like a habit I won’t lose

Like a bruise I press into

Just to see if I still bruise

I don’t love

I don’t hate

I just stay

The same

You moved on

I keep you

**Bridge (low, almost monotone, layered)**

I counted every flaw

Like it would make you smaller

But you’re everywhere

In the corners

I told myself I’m fine

Said it enough times

Now it sounds true

In my mind

**Break (minimal instrumentation, heartbeat pulse)**

If I saw you on the street

I wouldn’t speak

I’d just watch

To see if you look for me

**Final Chorus (stripped, colder)**

I keep you

Not because I want to

Not because I need to

It’s just what I do

You fade

I don’t change

I stay

The same

You let go

I keep you

**Outro**

Your name

Still fits

In the silence

Of my lips

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