“Pieces You Never Held”

[Verse 1] Empty chairs at every table Echoes where your voices should be I learned to laugh without you watching Learned to cry where you couldn’t see Every birthday candle flickered Wishing you might finally show But the door stayed closed behind you And I stopped letting hope grow [Pre-Chorus] I wore your absence like a scar Invisible but deep You were supposed to be my shelter Instead you made me weak [Chorus] I was reaching for a love that never stayed Calling out your names into the gray Every “I love you” felt delayed Like a promise you just threw away But someone found me in the dark Held the pieces of my shattered heart Now you’re looking back in shame But I survived without your name [Verse 2] I built a home out of the silence Taught myself to stand alone Every tear became a language Every wound a stepping stone You were ghosts in every memory Half there, then gone again Now you say you wish you knew me But you don’t know where I’ve been [Pre-Chorus] I stopped waiting at the door Stopped begging you to care You can’t rewrite the story You were never really there [Chorus] I was reaching for a love that never stayed Calling out your names into the gray Every “I love you” felt delayed Like a promise you just threw away But someone found me in the dark Held the pieces of my shattered heart Now you’re looking back in shame But I survived without your name [Bridge] Now you say you’re sorry Say you didn’t understand But I was just a child Reaching for your hand And someone else picked up the pieces You let fall apart They saw the light inside me When you only saw the dark [Break / Soft Chorus] I was reaching… I was breaking… You were gone before I woke Now I’m healing… finally breathing… From the love you never spoke [Final Chorus] I was reaching for a love that never came Learning how to live without the pain Now your tears are falling just the same But regret don’t wash away the blame ‘Cause someone found me in the dark Turned my shattered into art And now I’m stronger than your past I’m the love that finally lasts [Outro] You see me now, but it’s too late I grew beyond your empty space You weren’t there to hear my cries… But I still learned to rise