(Soft guitar / piano intro) Verse 1 Don’t put her name into a melody, Don’t let the silence sing. ’Cause every time you say it out loud It starts to mean something. Funny how the mind rewrites The nights you couldn’t sleep, Turns every crack into gold And every goodbye sweet. Verse 2 Don’t play those chords too slow tonight, Don’t drown it all in sound. ’Cause broken things feel beautiful When the music’s loud enough around. You’ll take every missed call, every scar, And dress it up in light, While strangers sway with drinks raised high To the ache you hide inside. Pre-Chorus ’Cause pain fades if you leave it alone, Like footprints in the rain, But put it in a song with a hook And it stays the same. Chorus So don’t write a song about her, Don’t make the leaving art. Some people walk away from you Without taking your whole heart. And every lyric pulls her close, Every rhyme keeps her here, Funny how a simple tune Can make somebody reappear. Verse 3 Don’t compare her to the coastline, Or London lights at night. That’s just you trying to convince yourself What you had was right. People leave for simple reasons, Simple as the truth, But hearts don’t like simplicity When they’re missing someone too. Bridge And one day in some crowded room A stranger sings these words, Thinking of somebody they lost On nights that still kinda hurt. They’ll laugh and cry with arms around The people that they knew, Never knowing every line was really About losing me too. Final Chorus ’Cause maybe it was never her, Not fully in the end. It was watching who I turned into Trying to hold on again. Checking my phone at 2AM, Reading old goodbye texts, Becoming someone I don’t know Every time I second-guessed. And maybe I kept saying “her” ’Cause that was easier to say, But every warning in this song Was aimed at me that way. Outro So don’t write a song about her. Write about who you became While trying not to
