[Intro - soft, almost spoken] Don’t go quiet on me… Not yet… not yet… --- [Verse 1] I felt you fading before the world went still Like ash in the air I could never hold still Your breath was a ghost against my skin And I knew the dark was closing in I called your name but it barely stayed Like sound itself was afraid to break And all of time just bent and slowed To watch you loosen from this world --- [Pre-Chorus] Don’t leave me in the hollow you made Don’t turn into something that slips and fades --- [Chorus] Stay… just a moment more in my arms I’ll take the breaking, I’ll take the scars Your eyes found mine and then let go And I felt the end before I knew Stay… I am not strong enough To be the man who releases love If this is mercy, I don’t understand Why it feels like blood in my hands --- [Verse 2] Your head fell soft where it used to rise No storm left living behind your eyes And there was peace I could not reach Like you had crossed some silent sea Your feathers caught in the threads I wear Like pieces of you still tangled there And I held you close like it could undo The space that opened and swallowed you --- [Pre-Chorus] You slipped through the space I could not hold And I turned to fire, and I turned to stone --- [Chorus] Stay… just a moment more in my arms I’ll curse the heavens, I’ll break their laws My hands remember what time denies I’m still here watching your last goodbye Stay… don’t make this real Don’t let the quiet be all I feel If you’ve found peace, then leave me pain I’ll wear it like your given name --- [Bridge - stripped, raw] Red in my vision but dimmed by you The beast went silent, the savage withdrew I would have torn the world apart But you just softened inside my heart And I saw it then… You weren’t afraid You were already somewhere I couldn’t stay --- [Break - whisper] You saw me… didn’t you… You waited… --- [Final Chorus - rising, then breaking] Stay… even if only inside my bones I’ll carry your ghost where the wild things roam You left in peace but I remain Your wolf in the quiet… undone by pain Stay… I won’t look away I’ll be here with you as you fade If love means watching you disappear Then I’ll be brave… I’ll stay right here --- [Outro - fading] Don’t go quiet… Don’t go— … I’m still here.
