A SECOND TIME [Intro — voice alone, extremely soft, close-mic, low register, almost whispered, emotionally exhausted] It hurts to live without you. My heart broke that day, with a kind of pain I never thought was possible. [quiet breath] I miss you. [Verse 1 — sparse fingerpicked acoustic guitar, soft low voice, never project] How do I live without you? How do I keep moving forward when everything turns dark? All I can see is the unfairness. I miss you so much that every day feels like a fight. I wish I could go back, but this pain keeps pulling me into the present. [barely whispered] I miss you. [Pre-Chorus — distant violin, voice remains quiet, absolutely no build] Every tear on my cheek is another day my heart keeps bleeding. I get lost in the night and I search for your voice. It is gone forever. I only hear it now inside my memories. [Chorus — stay very quiet, low register, breathy and weak, almost spoken, NO volume increase, NO belting] I’m afraid I’ll forget you. That I won’t be worthy of you. That I won’t hold on. That I won’t make it. That I’ll fall apart. That I’ll collapse. That I’ll lose you all over again. Or that I’ll never find you again. [small trembling breath] I miss you. [Verse 2 — intimate guitar, tired conversational voice, softer than before] My heart still hurts and my memories are fading. How is that possible? Everything brings me back to you. I listen to the wind. I listen to the sun. I listen to the grass. I look at the water and I search for you. [whisper] I search for you. I’m still searching. [Instrumental — lonely distant violin, a few guitar notes, long silence] [Voice returns extremely softly, like remembering a dream] Sometimes, for just a second, I live that moment again in my mind and I run with you. [slightly warmer guitar, voice remains quiet] For just a second you are still here. [guitar fades] Then I come back. And you… [long silence] you’re not. [Chorus — LOWER and QUIETER than before, exhausted voice, no high notes, no power, never belt] I want to fall apart. To cry. To tear out my heart just to tear this pain out with it. I’ll hide it. Cover it. Try not to feel anything. But deep inside me it will always be there. Always. [voice almost disappears] And you… you won’t be. [Bridge — almost a cappella, very low and soft, struggling to finish each sentence] I’m afraid I’ll forget. Your voice. Your memory. The way I felt when you were here. I’m afraid that time will take another piece of you away. I’m afraid I’ll lose you a second time. So I keep searching for you. In the wind. In the sun. In the grass. In the water. [distant violin answers softly] Sometimes, for just a second… I run with you again. [Final Chorus — QUIETEST part of the song, voice drained, almost whispered, NO climax, NO build, NO high notes] I miss you. [long pause] I miss you. [shaky breath] I miss you. And I don’t know how to live without you. I don’t know how to keep moving forward. I wish I could go back. But this pain keeps pulling me into the present. Again. Always. [Outro — guitar stops, voice alone, barely enough strength to speak] I open my eyes full of tears. [unsteady breath] I place my hand over my heart. [long silence] I close my eyes… [barely audible whisper, voice fading away] so I don’t have to watch the tears fall. [one faint distant violin note — unresolved — complete silence]
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