[Intro]
The room spins slow as the lights blur your silhouette
I count the moments you don’t know I’m here yet
[Verse 1]
I watched you move through laughter and distant glances
While your name whispered softly in the back of my chances
My hands kept quiet secrets, tied up with your smile
I wore hope like a coat through every crowded mile
[Pre-Chorus]
If love is a flame, I kept feeding it unseen
Hiding the ache behind a brave, guarded screen
[Chorus]
I loved you in the quiet, in the space you left behind
In every crowded moment, I was aching to be kind
If you ever wondered, I stayed true and broke inside
But now I learn to breathe again as you walk out of my life
[Verse 2]
You danced with the others, and I counted the beats you forgot
Betrayal wore a dress as bright as the lights you caught
I whispered goodbye to the ghost of us we could’ve been
My heart kept a ledger of every near-viable dream
[Pre-Chorus]
If love is a wound, I learned to cradle it slow
To pretend I was fine even as the river chose to flow
[Chorus]
I loved you in the quiet, in the space you left behind
In every crowded moment, I was aching to be kind
If you ever wondered, I stayed true and broke inside
But now I learn to breathe again as you walk out of my life
[Bridge]
The days grow patient, numb with the name you gave me
A memory loosening its grip, a silhouette who stayed me
If forgetting is mercy, I’m slow to let it in
Still I count the breaths that come after the end begins
[Chorus]
I loved you in the quiet, in the space you left behind
In every crowded moment, I was aching to be kind
If you ever wondered, I stayed true and broke inside
But now I learn to breathe again as you walk out of my life
[Outro]
Away you go, and I am learning to be enough for me
Emptied of your echo, I finally choose to release
