Church

[Intro] (soft piano + distant road ambience) (quiet) You said he’d be waiting… by the door… [Verse 1] I found him by the shoulder line Fur pressed flat in borrowed time The road still humming like it knew Exactly what it came to do His body light inside my hands Like something I don’t understand No sound left in the air to break Just silence where he used to wake [Pre-Chorus] You said he’s just asleep Like it’s something we can shake But I felt it in my chest… This don’t just go away [Chorus] I don’t know how to tell you What it means when something’s gone How a heartbeat turns to silence And it don’t come back at all And I’d do anything to fix this Anything to make it right But I don’t know how to fight death… I don’t know how to lie [Verse 2] You asked me why he wouldn’t move Why his eyes won’t follow you Why the warmth you used to feel Is something time already sealed I tried to form the words out loud But they just broke before they’d land How do you explain to someone Something you don’t understand [Pre-Chorus] You said “he’ll wake up soon” Like you needed it to be true And I stood there in the silence… With nothing left to give you [Chorus] I don’t know how to tell you What it means when something’s gone How a voice becomes an echo That you carry all along And I’d tear apart the world now Just to give you one more day But I don’t know how to fight death… I don’t know how to stay [Bridge] (very stripped, almost spoken at first) (quiet, breaking) If I could trade the breath in me… If I could take his place instead… (gradual build) If there was something I could do… Anything I haven’t said… (voice cracks into melody) I wouldn’t let you feel this pain I wouldn’t let it end this way I wouldn’t let the ground decide… What I have to walk away from [Final Chorus] (bigger, emotional peak—not heavy, just full) I don’t know how to tell you That he’s never coming home That the space he used to fill Is something we’ll just have to hold And I’d do anything to fix this Anything to make it right But I don’t know how to fight death… I don’t know how to say goodbye [Outro] (soft, fading — callback setup) (whispered) You said he’d be waiting… (beat) …I wish that were true…