[VERSE 1] I keep the lights low Like that might help you come back Like darkness makes space For things that don’t want me Your name still reacts When it hears my voice Like my body hasn’t learned You made a choice I sleep on the edge Of what we used to be Every inch of this bed Feels larger than me ⸻ [PRE-CHORUS] I breathe in slow Like I’m afraid The air might notice You’re gone ⸻ [CHORUS] My ribs feel rented out To your absence Like something moved in And never paid rent I don’t feel broken I feel hollowed Like I’m waiting For a feeling that left My ribs feel rented out To your absence And I don’t know How to evict you yet ⸻ [VERSE 2] I stopped checking my phone Not because I’m strong But because every silence Feels personal I talk about you Like you’re already past But my hands still shake When someone asks I hate that I measure My days in you Before you, after you Nothing new ⸻ [PRE-CHORUS 2] I tell myself This will fade But my chest still echoes Your name ⸻ [CHORUS – VARIATION] My ribs feel rented out To your absence There’s a vacancy sign Under my skin You left so quietly It confused my heart It’s still listening For how we end My ribs feel rented out To your absence And I keep expecting You to knock ⸻ [BRIDGE] (Strip back — almost whispered) I didn’t want forever I wanted consistency I wanted to feel safe Without begging quietly You said I’d be okay You said that like a spell But you were already leaving I could tell ⸻ [FINAL CHORUS] My ribs feel rented out To your absence But I’m learning How to breathe around it I don’t miss who you are now I miss who I was then Before my body learned How empty can live in it My ribs feel rented out But I’m taking them back One breath at a time One night intact ⸻ [OUTRO] If you ever wonder If leaving hurt Know this— I survived But it took work
