[Intro] [soft vinyl crackle] [clean electric guitar harmonics drenched in delay] [distant thunder ambience] [spoken word] I still catch myself reaching for my phone to call you. Like my brain forgot what my heart got forced to learn. Some nights it still feels unreal. Like you're just late coming home. [Verse 1] [clean arpeggiated guitar] [low breathy male vocals] Streetlights dripping through the fogged-up glass I replay your voice like a photograph The silence cuts in ways the world can't see Everybody moved on — except me Your jacket still hangs by the doorway rail Your last cigarette still haunts the stale air Time keeps swinging, but the clock ain't fair 'Cause half of my soul disappeared somewhere [bass guitar enters softly] I learned grief don't scream at first It leaks real slow, then it floods your world And every memory burns like truth So every night, I'm talking to you [Pre-Chorus] [snare heartbeat pattern enters] If heaven's got a backroad view I hope you're watching me break through I carry your name like a loaded gun Heavy in my chest when the day is done [Chorus] [full distorted guitars explode in] [huge live drums] I'm talking to you through the static and smoke Through the miles of hurt I was never prepared to hold Every scar in my skin got your fingerprints near The world's still turning — but you're not here And I still hear your laugh in the cold night wind Still see your shadow when the lights go dim The storm tried drowning every part of me But I learned how to bleed and still breathe I'm still here Still talking to you [Instrumental Break] [crying electric guitar lead with sustain] [punchy tom fills] [ambient reverse guitar textures] [Verse 2] [instrumentation strips back] [gritty melodic vocal delivery] I seen your face in strangers passing by In rearview mirrors and July skies Every empty room says your name out loud Even packed bars feel ghost-town now People say healing comes with time But time just taught me how to hide How to smile while my ribs collapse How to function while my soul relapses [drums begin building] And God, I swear I tried my best But some wounds don't leave your chest They just turn into who you are A permanent ache beneath the stars [Pre-Chorus] [layered harmony vocals] If pain is love with nowhere to go Then that's the only thing I've known Your memory cuts, but it keeps me alive Somehow your loss became my drive [Chorus] [double-tracked vocals] [wide distorted guitars] I'm talking to you through the wreckage and rain Trying to rebuild what death couldn't explain Every road I walk got your shadow near I lost my brother — but I feel you here And your voice still echoes under my skin Like a war that never truly ends The dark tried taking everything from me But I learned how to break and not leave I'm still here Still talking to you [Bridge] [instrumentation cuts almost silent] [distant piano enters] [soft falsetto] Sometimes I hate that the world kept spinning Like nothing happened Like you were just another name people buried and forgot [drums begin rising slowly] But you weren't ordinary You were part of me [guitars swell] [belted vocals] SO IF THE SKY EVER OPENS — HEAR ME NOW I'M STILL CARRYING EVERYTHING WE COULDN'T TALK ABOUT EVERY DREAM THAT YOU LEFT HERE STILL RUNS THROUGH MY VEINS AND I SWEAR YOUR NAME STILL LIGHTS THE FLAME [Final Chorus] [largest instrumentation] [layered gang harmonies] [octave guitar lead] I'm talking to you when the night caves in When the bottle runs dry and the walls get thin Every tear, every scar, every shattered year Still somehow leads me back right here And if grief is the price of loving someone true Then I'd pay it forever just to still feel you The storm couldn't bury what we built down here So until my last breath — I'm still here Still talking to you [Outro] [heavy instruments fade away] [clean electric guitar returns] [rain ambience] [spoken word] I don't think people understand... You don't really stop loving somebody after they die. You just learn how to carry the weight different. And honestly... I don't think I'll ever stop talking to you. [guitar fades into tape hiss]
