Mine

[Intro — single acoustic guitar, barely there] She laughs And I'm there She stares at nothing And I'm somewhere else entirely [Verse 1 — quiet rap, almost spoken] The timeline never sat right and I buried it deep Filed it under things that I don't need She came and she was perfect and the world moved on And I told myself that feeling would be gone But there's something in the laugh Something in the way she stares Into a distance I don't recognise And I'm already there Back in the numbers, back in the math Back in the question I don't want to ask [Pre-Chorus — tension building, still restrained] I could know One call, one test, one answer I could know And I could burn everything down to find it So I don't I don't I don't [Chorus — heavy, melodic, guilt-soaked] She is mine She is mine in every way I know how to mean it She is mine But the question lives inside the word and poisons it I love her God I love her and that's the part that breaks me I love her And I still can't stop the thought from coming Every time she laughs [Verse 2 — heavier delivery, more internal damage] You discard it, move on, forget it for weeks Then she tilts her head a certain way and it speaks And the guilt isn't the question The guilt is that you asked The guilt is that you looked at her and went back to the math What kind of man does the numbers on his daughter's face What kind of father holds his child and checks for traces I do And then I hold her closer because of it And I hate that I do And I do it again [Pre-Chorus] I could know One call, one test, one answer I could know And watch everything I love become the wreckage So I don't I don't I don't [Chorus] She is mine She is mine in every way I know how to mean it She is mine But the question lives inside the word and poisons it I love her God I love her and that's the part that breaks me I love her And I still can't stop the thought from coming Every time she laughs [Bridge — spoken word, near silence, everything stripped back] I've made my choice I made it the day I held her I made it every morning since I will keep making it And it will never stop costing me Because the feeling doesn't go It just gets quieter Until she laughs Until she stares at something I can't see And I'm back in the numbers again [Breakdown — full drop, heavy, but short — collapses fast] MINE SHE IS MINE AND IT DOESN'T MATTER AND IT DOESN'T MATTER AND IT— [Outro — back to single guitar, same as intro, exhausted] She laughs And I'm there She stares at nothing And I carry it Alone Like I always will