[Verse 1] I see a shadow in your face that doesn’t belong to you. It’s pain from another place and time my ego still holds true. You never were what I made you be, you never wore that name. I placed my past between us both and called it you — called it blame. [Pre-Chorus – gentle rise] We meet again at broken lines, where old wounds cross our way. So deeply linked, yet held in place by what we couldn’t say. [Chorus – flowing, grounded] I have to forgive, or I stay trapped in the ego’s voice. I can’t hear the pull of my soul if I don’t make a choice. I have to forgive, or I stand where I’ve been before. Between you and me is only what I won’t let go anymore. [Instrumental] [Verse 2 – darker, moving] It’s over now — but without release the past rewrites my days. Fear starts drawing tomorrow’s lines and clouds my clearer ways. I learned how tight these hands can hold what slowly breaks my core. As long as I feed what poisons me, I can’t hear my soul anymore. [Pre-Chorus 2 – calm, clear] So I breathe and tell myself: It’s behind me — not ahead. Leave it where it came to life. Don’t carry what is dead. [Chorus – wider, warmer] I have to forgive, or I stay inside the fight. I can’t see the wish of my soul through the ego’s endless noise. I have to forgive, or I remain what I’m not. Between you and me is only the past I forgot to drop. [Instrumental] [Bridge – reduced / spoken or whispered] You are not my pain. You are not my enemy. You are not the story I repeat to stay unseen. [Final Chorus – open, resolved] So forgive — and live. Let go of what makes you fade. Forgive — and live. Step out of yesterday. Forgive — and live, let presence take its place. Hold on to hate — and slowly lose your face. [Outro – quiet] Forgive… and live. Or hate… and fade. [Instrumental] [© SongSilke 2025 All Rights Reserved | Unauthorized use, reproduction, remixing, adaptation, or distribution of this work without explicit written permission is strictly prohibited and will be enforced under applicable copyright laws.]