[Verse 1] He moved like plastic fog in middle school light Whiter than chalk, quieter than silent night A birthmark like a fingerprint God smudged On the back of a boy no one ever touched I watched them laugh as he curled up small A paper swan in a fire alarm hall He left one spring and never returned Just a rumor: “He tried. But the rope had burned.” [Pre-Chorus] And I—I just blinked, pretended not to see A coward in the church pew of cruelty Now I write his name in lowercase pain A name that still twitches like nerve in the rain [Chorus] I miss you, and I hope that you’re okay If the world had a heart, it broke so hard that day I hope the stars don’t ask you why You ran from a world that taught you to try (Try To disappear) I fold these thoughts in invisible ink To the scars in my butterfly wings [Verse 2] Your shirts were long, even in summer heat As if cotton could hide what your house would repeat A bruise like a secret carved on your face And no one dared call that place unsafe Your father’s belt was a holy thing Your mother lit candles but couldn’t sing You said nothing—I said less We played tag on wounds we never confessed [Pre-Chorus] I should have asked. Should have kicked the door But fear makes cowards, and I was more I hope one day you let yourself cry And that your monster finally said goodbye [Chorus] I miss you, and I hope that you’re okay I hope someone taught you how to pray Without guilt in your throat, or fists in your bed That love came and erased what was said (In the dark and in the crying places) I pin these hopes to my frayed paper wings And wish you found softer things [Bridge ] You wore stilettos like a bulletproof Walked the quad like you weren’t in bars After midnight, on borrowed time With mascara as armor and vodka as spine Your mom called you “his ghost in heels” You said, “She hates me for the way he feels” I saw you cry once, behind the dorm And then laugh like crying was just your form [Soft Chorus - breakdown) I miss you, and I hope that you’re okay That you found a mirror that didn’t look away That you danced for joy, not to survive And kissed someone who didn’t charge your life I send these prayers like broken wings To the girl the world refused to bring Hmmmmmm Home Hmmmmmm Home. [Final Verse] And T—you were eleven and bright and bold With legs too small for water that cruel You drowned before you learned to lie Before the world taught you not to cry Now the lake looks calm, but I still see The place it swallowed what you’d be Your parents built a shrine in June And the silence still lives in every room And every moon… [Final Chorus] I miss you, and I hope that you’re okay I hope the next life lets you stay That you run through fields and call out names And no one tells you boys should feel ashamed I send this lullaby to the child I lost To the ripple, the echo, the final cost I trace your name in invisible ink To the cracks in my butterfly wings [Outro – whispered like a fading prayer] I miss you I miss you I miss you And I hope that you’re okay
