[Intro: Soft, Reflective] (E – F#m7 – Amaj7 – E) ohh... look [Verse 1: Introspective, Gentle] (C#m7 – B/D# – E – Amaj7) Never got to buy you that beer, talk it out man-to-man, Never heard your truth only stories secondhand. They say you loved the night—red lights, cheap perfume, Chasin’ women just to drown what was drowning you. (C#m7 – B/D# – E – Amaj7) Was it the bottles or the bass that kept the dark in its place? Did you go out chasin’ love or just tryna escape? I used to curse your name just to keep from cryin’, Now I see your face every time that I’m lyin’. [Pre-Chorus: Staccato, Descending] (D – A/C# – Bm7 – G) Shadows you left Haunt every step Can't escape your ghost Even when I'm close to letting go [Chorus: Soaring, Haunting] (E – B – C#m7 – Amaj7) Where were you when the nights got cold? When I learned to numb my truths, let the silence take control. I wear your name, your temper, sins I didn't choose— If I rise, can I lift us from this legacy? [Melodic Break: Falsetto] (C#m – G#m – A – E) Ooh, ooh, ooh... (wordless, emotive melody) [Verse 2: More Direct, Confrontational] (C#m7 – B/D# – E – Amaj7) Where the fuck were you when shit got real? Mom lost her mind, I was stretchin’ every meal. Had to learn how to fix what you left here broken.. look, (C#m7 – B/D# – E – Amaj7) You ain't teach me love, just runnin', How to ghost when the weight start comin'. How to touch then detach, how to drink through the cracks, How to want what I know I could never get back. (F#m7 – G#m7 – Amaj7 – Bsus4 – B) But I still feel you lurkin’ in the space that you left, Not in words, not in presence—just the weight in my chest. [instrumental break] [Chorus] (E – B – C#m7 – Amaj7) Ain’t no lessons in the things you left, just weight I gotta carry, Took your silence, turned it into something that could never bury (E – B – F#m7 – Bsus4 – B) If you cared, you’d have stayed, but the truth is what it is, You ain’t teach me how to live, just how a man decides to quit. (E – B – C#m7 – Amaj7) If I fold like you did, will they say it’s in my blood? Or just shake their heads and whisper, "Guess the weight was just too much." [8 bar instrumental] [Bridge: Deep, Emotional Build] (G#m7 – Amaj7 – E – B) I spent years tryna hate you, thought it’d set me free, But I see you in my hands, in the way I leave.. mmm-mm (G#m7 – Amaj7 – C#m7 – Bsus4 – B) A man ain't just his vices, ain't just what he done wrong, "But I been tryna prove that I ain’t you for way too long..." (G#m7 – Amaj7 – E – B) I get why you ran, now I'm learning to find A little grace in your leaving, some peace in goodbye [Breakdown: 3/4 Time, Stripped Back] (Em – G – C – D) What you left behind, I’m learning to find. Not just the weight, But the light you tried to hide. [High-pitched female vocal sample](E – F#m7 – Amaj7 – E, fading out softly) Ahhh, oooh… Now you're gone, I'm still here… Not just holding on—learning how to steer Took your fire, took your charm, took the lessons in between