something stays

[INTRO – NO VOCALS] (Let the pad hold, like air in a closed room) ⸻ [VERSE 1] I cleared the table I closed the door I did everything they say Helps you move on The night grew quiet Exactly as planned Nothing left to interrupt me Nothing left to ask Still, when I sit down There’s a weight in the room Not loud enough to speak Too present to ignore ⸻ [PRE-CHORUS] I don’t search for it It finds me anyway Like a shape in the dark That never moves ⸻ [CHORUS] Something stays Even when I don’t invite it Not pain, not love Just the outline of you Something stays When the rest finally settles I don’t hold it It holds its ground ⸻ [VERSE 2] I wake without thinking of you At least that’s what I tell myself But the morning hesitates Before letting me go Your name doesn’t surface Your face doesn’t appear It’s softer than memory Heavier than air I move through the day Almost untouched But every quiet moment Leans in ⸻ [PRE-CHORUS 2] I learned how to function Without repair How to live normally With something unresolved ⸻ [CHORUS – VARIATION] Something stays Not asking for meaning It doesn’t hurt It doesn’t heal Something stays Like a sentence unfinished I don’t read it anymore But I don’t erase it ⸻ [BRIDGE] Maybe this is what remains After letting go Not absence But a lighter gravity Something that proves I was here I felt deeply And survived ⸻ [FINAL CHORUS – STRIPPED] Something stays And I let it It doesn’t need a name To be real ⸻ [OUTRO – NO VOCALS] (Synth fades, leaving the weight behind)