Not Because of You
[Intro – breathy, low hum] Baby… don’t look at me like that… you don’t want what’s inside me… [Verse 1] Baby… when you catch me frozen in silence I’m drowning where the sleep gets deep mmh… these tears ain’t yours to hold, no they belong to the ghosts I keep and baby… when you hear me talking in static like my soul’s scratching through the wall nah… I’m not calling out your name, love I’m just falling through it all [Pre-Chorus – hypnotic, layered vocals] round and round… I spiral again no exit in this skin I’m in sometimes… the dark is the only place I win [Chorus – smooth but haunting hook] oh… don’t come for me I’m still loving you underneath oh… I still need you but I’m slipping out of reach oh… I still want you through cracks you’ll never see oh… I still need you when I shake in the night don’t mistake it for you and me when my tongue turns cold and lies it’s not you haunting me oh baby… if I’m unraveling slow it was never you I let go [Verse 2 – sultry, darker tone] I love you… yeah but something ancient lives in my chest clawing when I try to breathe it’s not your fault, no it’s the hunger I never confessed I love you… but I split when I fall asleep like echoes crawling through my veins nah… I’m not chasing your voice, babe I’m chasing somewhere I can’t explain [Pre-Chorus – softer, almost whispered] I feed it… piece by piece this shadow that knows my name sometimes… the night is the only thing that stays [Chorus – fuller, emotional rise] oh… don’t follow me I dissolve where you can’t breathe oh… I still need you but I’m something you shouldn’t see oh… I still love you through ruin and memories oh… I still need you when I fade in your hands don’t tie it back to me when I slip out of time it’s not you setting me free oh baby… if I disappear it was never you I feared [Bridge – whispered, intimate, drifting] not yours… not yours… this weight I carry low not yours… not yours… this place I always go I was broken before your touch formed in echoes, left alone you can’t love what’s already lost you can’t heal what’s made of stone [Final Chorus – cinematic, fading vocals] oh… don’t cry for me I was gone before we met oh… I still need you but I’m bound to deeper regret oh… I still love you in ways I can’t undo oh… I still need you when I’m gone in the night don’t let it fall on you when I’m nothing but air… it was never because of you [Intro – breathy, low hum] Baby… don’t look at me like that… you don’t want what’s inside me… [Intro – breathy, low hum] Baby… don’t look at me like that… Baby
