Gaslight

[Intro – breath, low piano] They said… “There was no one.” [Verse 1 – very slow, intimate] Your side of the bed is colder Than the floor in winter And I still reach Before I wake A coffee cup… still waiting A chair that keeps your shape Like the house remembers What they say was never real [Pre-Chorus – strings creep in] They look at me so gently Like I’m made of breakable glass And every kindness feels like a blade Turning slow… [Chorus – huge but slow, choir + deep drum hits] They gaslight… They gaslight me They say you never existed Like love was just a fever dream They gaslight… They gaslight me They erase you with a sentence And call my grief a disease But I still feel you in the quiet Like thunder under skin If you were never here… Then why do I still bleed Where you have been? [Verse 2 – eerie details, still slow] The picture frames are empty now Not broken… just… removed A clean square on the wall Where our life used to prove itself They tell me, “You were always alone.” They say it like it’s mercy But I have a ring-mark Pale as a scar On my hand [Pre-Chorus – more tension] I try to say your name And the room feels… wrong Like the air is listening Like the dark is leaning in [Chorus – repeat, slightly bigger] They gaslight… They gaslight me They say you never existed Like I stitched you out of need They gaslight… They gaslight me They rewrite every memory Until I doubt what I have seen But I still feel you in the quiet Like a heartbeat in the wall If you were never here… Then who was holding me When I started to fall? [Bridge – low, hypnotic; then rises] Maybe I’m crazy… Maybe I’m cursed… Maybe I made you To survive the worst (choir enters, soft) But I know the weight Of your coat on that chair I know the sound Of your breath in the dark I know the way you said my name When you thought I couldn’t hear (build: strings swell, guitars low and slow) And if I’m wrong— Then why does this hurt like truth? Why does my body remember What they swear never moved? [Final Chorus – crushing, slow, chest-heavy] They gaslight… They gaslight me They want me to forget you So I’ll forget myself instead They gaslight… They gaslight me But I won’t let them bury you Inside my head ‘Cause if you were never real… Then I am not real too I am a house full of empty frames And every room still says “you” [Outro – piano, fading choir] Say it again… Say he never lived… Then tell me why This silence wears his face.