[Intro – echoing guitar, distant room tone] She died in the thirteenth… And the room still knows her name [Verse 1] The door was closed, the lights were low Like it was waiting for us both Her dress was black against the floor A promise made I can’t ignore The air was warm, the walls were still The silence bent against our will We whispered vows we couldn’t keep The room was wide, but wouldn’t sleep [Pre-Chorus – soft female echo] (The room remembers every sound…) (It never lets them fade out…) [Chorus] She died in the thirteenth, candle low Her shadow pressed into the floor They say she’s gone, but I still feel Her breath inside the walls we sealed She died in the thirteenth, stayed behind I left the room, but lost my time She didn’t leave, she didn’t leave The thirteenth keeps what it receives [Verse 2] The mirror cracked but didn’t break It held her face, then held my fate Her ring fell quiet by the bed Like it was something left unsaid I call her name, the echo stays It answers back in borrowed ways Every step I try to take Just brings me closer to that place [Pre-Chorus – whispered harmony] (The walls still hum her lullaby…) (I hear it every time I lie…) [Chorus] She died in the thirteenth, lights burned thin The room breathed out, then pulled her in They locked the door, they changed the key But never set her spirit free She died in the thirteenth, I survived But something in me never tried To leave her there, to let her go The room won’t let me say goodbye [Bridge – stripped, emotional peak] I wear her ring, I smell her skin In dreams she asks, “Why’d you leave me in?” The clock won’t move, the hour’s wrong The room just plays the same old song [Final Chorus – full but fragile] She died in the thirteenth, so did I Just slower, piece by piece, inside She left her love, her final breath Pressed in the walls like aftermath She died in the thirteenth, still remains In every crack, in every stain I walk away, but I believe The thirteenth never let her leave [Outro – quiet guitar, fading] She died in the thirteenth… And I never really left…
