[Verse 1 – sparse, exact phrasing] Yesterday I heard your name Like our song playing Thoughts of you rush in A moment i'd like to stay in [Pre-Chorus – quiet realization] I said I was doing fine But I lied [Chorus – restrained, devastating] Understand what you were to me Understand what I couldn’t be Understand how I lost control Understand, I was scared, not strong Understand… I was wrong [Verse 2 – no nostalgia, just guilt] I replay the nights I chose To say nothing Every squandered chance I let you go I was running [Pre-Chorus – slight lift] I thought love would wait for me but It doesn’t [Chorus – slightly bigger, same structure] Understand what you were to me Understand what I couldn’t be Understand how I lost control Understand, I was scared, not strong Understand… I was wrong (Drop piano to single notes, vocal fully exposed) I watched you fade I said nothing I felt you break And did nothing I don’t miss your touch I miss who I was Before I ruined us (Almost spoken at first, then cracked) You begged me to stay I told you “someday” I meant “not now” And now you’re gone I don’t blame you I blame me [Outro – barely there] Yesterday… I heard your name
