[production: dry close-mic studio recording, no audience, no crowd sounds] [overall mood: panic, withdrawal, identity collapse, addiction fighting for survival] [Intro | silence | breath audible] [Verse 1 | sung | strained | exposed] You said the words that can’t be unheard Love without respect — every syllable burned I see your courage standing there And I don’t know if I deserve it I don’t know if I can bear it I said I’d stop I said it out loud And now the room feels smaller Now the noise is too loud [Verse 1 continuation | rising panic] I’ll borrow your strength just to get through I don’t know how — I just know I have to It makes no sense why I’m this scared But it’s in my chest It’s everywhere You’ve been the thing that carried me You’ve been the thing that quieted me You’ve been the way I learned to breathe And now you’re gone [Chorus | collapsing | sung] With you I’m fine With you I’m strong With you I know where I belong Without you Without you I’m gone [ADDICTION VOICE | VERY LOW | MONOTONE | ALONE] YOU DON’T MEAN THIS YOU’RE JUST TIRED THIS WILL PASS THIS IS WHO YOU ARE [Verse 2 | physical panic | close] My hands won’t stop My heart won’t slow My skin feels wrong I need you close Every sound cuts too sharp Every thought hits too hard There’s no space left between me and it There’s no buffer left in my head I don’t know how to sit in this No filter No way to miss I don’t know how to be here sober I don’t know how to be me without you [ADDICTION VOICE | VERY LOW | CALM | CERTAIN] YOU CAN’T DO THIS THIS PAIN DOESN’T END YOU NEED ME YOU ALWAYS DO [Bridge | time distortion | near-spoken] The clock won’t move The night won’t end Every minute feels like it’s breaking me again They say it fades They say it stops [ADDICTION VOICE | FLAT] THEY’RE LYING They say I’ll learn how to live like this [ADDICTION VOICE | FINAL | LOWER] YOU WON’T [Breakdown | bargaining | whispered] Just one night Just to sleep Just to breathe Just to think You don’t have to stay You don’t have to quit You don’t have to decide anything [Final Chorus | failing | stripped] With you I’m fine With you I’m strong With you I know what I am Without you I don’t know I don’t know [Outro | collapse] How will I live How will I live When you’re all I ever knew YOU WON’T
