On that old cracked pavement, I wait for your return, “Just another season,” I lie, the world still turns. Like golden leaves that disappear, You vowed you’d stay, but doubt’s a storm I can’t clear. I whisper my truth to the shadows on the wall, Each time you walk away, you steal another piece, that’s all. But today I saw your face, framed in someone else’s light, My world starts crumbling, I finally speak your name tonight. At the bar, I drown the spark, one more drink to chase the dark, A habit I swore I’d never keep… now it’s all I’ve got. “Since when do you drink alone?” my best friend sighs, Lost in your ghost, I’m a stranger in my own eyes. It was easy to breathe when you were near, Now I’m just the wreckage of the “us” I held so dear. The mirror shows a man I don’t recognize, Learning to stand where “we” once danced, but where’s my light? But today I saw your face, framed in someone else’s light, My world starts crumbling, I finally speak your name tonight. At the bar, I drown the spark, one more drink to chase the dark, A habit I swore I’d never keep… now it’s all I’ve got. I raise a glass to the memories we made, In the ache, I’m reborn as the jukebox fades. Every tear’s a lesson, every laugh leaves a stain, In this neon-lit confessional, I rewrite my name. But today I saw your face, framed in someone else’s light, My world starts crumbling, I finally speak your name tonight. At the bar, I drown the spark, one more drink to chase the dark, A habit I swore I’d never keep… now it’s all I’ve got. Same old street, but the air’s not the same, One foot, then the other, I carve a new name. Between the laughter and the rain, I learn to rise again, In the bartender’s tired smile… I begin.