[Intro] [Vocal: breathy mezzo, close-mic, tender] (Wordless ad-lib: “oh… ah…”) [Verse 1] [Vocal: intimate, emotionally direct, soft vibrato] I keep your name in the quiet of my mouth, like prayer I’m scared to say out loud. Your jacket’s still a ghost on my chair— and I swear it breathes when I’m not there. I try to laugh, I try to move, but every street turns back to you. [Pre-Chorus] [Vocal: building, longer phrases, rising urgency] And I don’t know how to stop my heart from running circles in the dark— If love was fire, then why’s it cold the moment that you let me go? [Chorus] [Vocal: powerful mezzo belt, soaring, sustained notes] Come back—don’t leave me here in pieces, I’m drowning in the spaces where your “always” used to be. Say you still feel it, say you still need this, ’cause I can’t teach my hands to stop reaching for your heat. Love, I’m still holding on— and it hurts, but you’re my song. [Verse 2] [Vocal: intimate → stronger by the end] I replay nights like broken film, your eyes saying yes, your silence “still.” My friends all say “time will be kind,” but time just shows me what I’ve lost in you. So I dress up my pain in gold, pretend I’m brave, pretend I’m whole— but every mirror knows the truth. [Pre-Chorus 2] [Vocal: more intensity, longer line into lift] And I don’t know how to close the door when you’re the room I lived in most— If love was real, then why am I still begging air to stay alive? [Chorus] [Vocal: full belt, add harmonies, emotional cry] Come back—don’t leave me here in pieces, I’m drowning in the spaces where your “always” used to be. Say you still feel it, say you still need this, ’cause I can’t teach my hands to stop reaching for your heat. Love, I’m still holding on— and it hurts, but you’re my song. [Bridge] [Vocal: restrained at first, then climbs; dramatic storytelling] If you found peace, I won’t undo it… but tell me—was I just a season? I gave you my whole sky to breathe in, now I’m learning how to live with leaving. (Ad-lib: “oh… no…”) So take this last confession— I’d break again for one more second… [Modulation / Lift] [Vocal: inhale, controlled run into the new key] (Ad-lib run: “ah—ah—ah…”) [Final Chorus] [Vocal: biggest belt, sustained high notes, layered harmonies] Come back—don’t leave me here in pieces, I’m drowning in the spaces where your “always” used to be. Say you still feel it, say you still need this, ’cause I can’t teach my hands to stop reaching for your heat. Love, I’m still holding on— and it hurts, but you’re my song. (Ad-lib: “come back… come back…”) [Outro] [Vocal: soft release, intimate again] If love comes back around… let it be you. [End] [Vocal: whisper] …be you.
