I’m Still Here 2

[Intro, Fingerpicked Guitar, 6/8 Time] Been almost two years now But it still don’t feel like time’s allowed Me to breathe without you near John Anthony, I'm still here [Verse 1, Low Strings Enter] Every mirror still reflects What I never could protect There’s a hollow in the air Like you’re gone but still right there [Pre-Chorus, Subtle Harmony] Tried to move on in small steps But this guilt, it just won't rest It clings like your weight upon my chest [Chorus, Strong Acoustic Rise] John Anthony, I let you down And that truth still spins me around I replay that final day Wishing I’d have found a way To say more, to do more Now I just keep that open door Still here with this pain Still here in the rain [Verse 2, Quiet Resignation] I talk to you when no one's home In a voice I don't quite own There’s no answer, just the breeze Blowing memories through the trees [Pre-Chorus] I reach for some kind of peace But guilt’s a lock without a key And your silence still speaks [Chorus] John Anthony, I let you down And I wear it like a crown That I never wanted to bear Now you're gone, and I'm still there In that space you used to be Still haunted by what you meant to me [Bridge, Slow Build, Deep Harmony] (Ohh ohh...) They say time makes the sharp edges fade But I still bleed on the words I never gave If heaven hears regrets I’ve sent them all in sunsets [Final Chorus, Swelling Instrumentation] John Anthony, can you hear? Your name still shakes me every year The love, the guilt, the truth, the fear I’m still here I’m still here [Outro, 3-Minute Fade, Guitar & Strings Interlude] (Still here...) (Still here...) (Ahh ahh ahh...) (John Anthony, I’m still here...) [Faint echoes drifting into silence]