If You’re Dead, Why Do I Miss You?

[Intro — piano only] If you’re gone… Why does everything still feel like you’re about to walk back in? [Verse 1] Your side of the bed is empty Your number never lights my phone Everybody says you’re somewhere I can’t reach, I can’t go But your jacket keeps its shape And your picture keeps your eyes And every stupid little object Still refuses to say goodbye They keep telling me you’re gone now Like that’s something I should know But if you’re really gone… Why does missing you feel so close? [Pre-Chorus] If death means gone If gone means done Then why do I still hear you When the night comes? [Chorus] If you’re dead Why do I miss you Like you’re somewhere I could find? Why do I still turn around When someone laughs like you behind me? If you’re dead Why does my heart Still make room for you inside? Why does every part of me Still live like you’re alive? If you’re dead… Why do I miss you Like this? [Verse 2] I get angry at the morning For arriving like it should Like the world had every reason To keep going when you couldn’t I get angry at the people Who say time will make it small Like grief is just a hallway And one day I’ll reach the wall But what if there is no ending? What if love just changes shape? What if missing you forever Is the price of what we gave? [Pre-Chorus] If death means gone If gone means done Then tell me why your memory Still weighs a ton [Chorus] If you’re dead Why do I miss you Like you’re somewhere I could find? Why do I still turn around When someone laughs like you behind me? If you’re dead Why does my heart Still make room for you inside? Why does every part of me Still live like you’re alive? If you’re dead… Why do I miss you Like this? [Bridge — stripped, almost spoken] I know the answer. I know. You’re gone. I know what happened. I know I can’t change it. But knowing… doesn’t make the house quieter. It doesn’t make your name easier to say. It doesn’t stop me from thinking— What if? What if? What if? (pause) And maybe that’s the cruelest part. The world gets an ending. But love… doesn’t. [Breakdown — low choir + heartbeat] No call No door No footsteps Anymore No touch No sign Still somehow You’re in mine [Final Chorus — full emotional explosion] If you’re dead Why do I miss you Like you’re standing in the room? Why does every piece of silence Still leave space shaped just like you? If you’re dead Why does loving you Still feel so damn alive? Maybe grief is just the proof That some things never really die If you’re dead… Then maybe missing you Is how I keep you alive [Outro — solo piano] You’re gone. I know. I just… Don’t know how to stop loving someone who isn’t here.