Pneumonia Says It Wasn’t You

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[Verse 1] (tone: hurt, bitter)

The paper says pneumonia
That’s the story they all tell
One word typed inside a record
One word filed away so well

One infection, one bad turn
One hospital room, one final burn
That’s the version people see
But that’s not how it looked to me

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[Pre-Chorus] (tone: building anger)

Because I watched the years before

And they don’t fit inside that word

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[Chorus] (tone: powerful, wounded)

Pneumonia says it wasn’t you

But addiction, I remember you

You took her laugh

You took her light

You stole her piece by piece at night

Pneumonia signed the final page

But you wrote every chapter before

So tell me why they call it one thing

When I’ve been watching a war

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[Verse 2] (tone: reflective anger)

You didn’t take her all at once
You worked slow and played it smart
A little hope, a little trust
Then another crack inside her heart

A missed birthday, a broken plan
Another promise made of sand
You didn’t kill her in a day
You taught her how to fade away

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[Pre-Chorus] (tone: sharper)

Everybody saw the ending

I lived through the middle too

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[Chorus] (tone: bigger)

Pneumonia says it wasn’t you

But addiction, I remember you

I remember every phone call

Every lie I wanted true

Every version of my mother

That disappeared before she died

Pneumonia closed the curtain

But you emptied her inside

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[Bridge] (tone: heartbreak)

Now I wear ashes around my neck

Like a question I can’t solve

A whole lifetime in silver chains

A daughter still trying to evolve

Some days I touch that little pendant

Just to feel her close again

Some days it feels like love

Some days it feels like grief

Pretending to be skin

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[Breakdown] (tone: raw truth)

And here’s the part nobody gets…

I know what the death certificate says

I know what the doctors wrote

I know what happened

But I also know

I started losing you

Long before you stopped breathing

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[Final Chorus] (tone: release, powerful)

Pneumonia says it wasn’t you

Maybe that’s technically true

But addiction, you don’t get to hide

Behind a line or two

You took enough

You took your share

You left your fingerprints everywhere

But you didn’t take all of her

Because part of her stayed with me

And that’s the part you couldn’t reach

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[Outro] (tone: soft, healing)

The ashes aren’t the whole of you

The necklace isn’t all that’s left

You’re in my laugh

You’re in my strength

You’re in the parts of me

That survived

You too.

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[Verse 1] (tone: hurt, bitter) The paper says pneumonia That’s the story they all tell One word typed inside a record One word filed away so well One infection, one bad turn One hospital room, one final burn That’s the version people see But that’s not how it looked to me ⸻ [Pre-Chorus] (tone: building anger) Because I watched the years before And they don’t fit inside that word ⸻ [Chorus] (tone: powerful, wounded) Pneumonia says it wasn’t you But addiction, I remember you You took her laugh You took her light You stole her piece by piece at night Pneumonia signed the final page But you wrote every chapter before So tell me why they call it one thing When I’ve been watching a war ⸻ [Verse 2] (tone: reflective anger) You didn’t take her all at once You worked slow and played it smart A little hope, a little trust Then another crack inside her heart A missed birthday, a broken plan Another promise made of sand You didn’t kill her in a day You taught her how to fade away ⸻ [Pre-Chorus] (tone: sharper) Everybody saw the ending I lived through the middle too ⸻ [Chorus] (tone: bigger) Pneumonia says it wasn’t you But addiction, I remember you I remember every phone call Every lie I wanted true Every version of my mother That disappeared before she died Pneumonia closed the curtain But you emptied her inside ⸻ [Bridge] (tone: heartbreak) Now I wear ashes around my neck Like a question I can’t solve A whole lifetime in silver chains A daughter still trying to evolve Some days I touch that little pendant Just to feel her close again Some days it feels like love Some days it feels like grief Pretending to be skin ⸻ [Breakdown] (tone: raw truth) And here’s the part nobody gets… I know what the death certificate says I know what the doctors wrote I know what happened But I also know I started losing you Long before you stopped breathing ⸻ [Final Chorus] (tone: release, powerful) Pneumonia says it wasn’t you Maybe that’s technically true But addiction, you don’t get to hide Behind a line or two You took enough You took your share You left your fingerprints everywhere But you didn’t take all of her Because part of her stayed with me And that’s the part you couldn’t reach ⸻ [Outro] (tone: soft, healing) The ashes aren’t the whole of you The necklace isn’t all that’s left You’re in my laugh You’re in my strength You’re in the parts of me That survived You too.

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