Verse 1 They place me where she sees my face, Gold mask fixed, hands at rest. They think I’m spared. They think I’m safe. They don’t hear the cost in my chest. She falls. I do not catch her. That is the rule. That is the knife. ⸻ Pre-Chorus If I reach, she dies faster. If I speak, she screams longer. So I learn how to stand still While everything in me shatters. ⸻ Chorus I do not move. I do not speak. I let her think I’m weak. If silence is the price she pays to live, Let her hate me. Let her live. ⸻ Verse 2 They cheer when she bleeds on stone, I stare past what I can’t undo. Every instinct says tear this place apart— Every rule says that would kill her too. I was never taught how to love like this: With teeth pulled back and claws asleep. If power here is doing nothing, Then nothing is what I’ll become. ⸻ Pre-Chorus I memorize the sound of her breathing, In case it stops when I look away. ⸻ Chorus I do not move. I do not fight. I swallow every sound tonight. If she believes I let her fall, Then let her— I will take the blame in full. ⸻ Bridge (very soft, breaking) If I could speak, I wouldn’t beg. I wouldn’t promise futures. I would only say: Please survive this. Even if you leave me. ⸻ Final Chorus (lower, shattered) I do not move when she calls my name. I let the silence do its damage. If loving her means being still, Then stillness will be the thing That finally destroys me. ⸻ Outro They will never see it. But this— This is how I break.
