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I Was Wildfire

[Verse 1 – Upbeat, confident] I was wildfire, neon skin Stairwells lit with where I’d been Deadlines, daydreams, five-year plans Whole world humming in my hands Knew my worth, wore heels like knives Slept too little, lived ten lives Every room, I owned the sound Golden girl who never slowed down [Pre-Chorus – a flicker of change] But a cough is just a cough… Until it’s not [Chorus – subdued, uncertain] Then the days went soft and strange Heartbeat slow, then out of range Woke to glass inside my lungs Words forgot the shape of tongue And no one knew the name of this— A ghost inside a skin that missed [Verse 2 – surreal, heavier] Floors bent sideways when I stood Time unspooled like knots in wood Texts unanswered, friends on mute My name a suit that wouldn’t suit Doctors blinked and changed the page Said “rest,” like that would clear the haze But something’s hiding in my veins— A thousand locks with no real name [Pre-Chorus – quieter, resigned] And all my fire turned to smoke A life paused mid-joke [Chorus – more fragile] Then the days went soft and strange Tastes erased and muscles changed I missed the sound of easy breath The mirror whispering of death But nothing broke, and nothing bled— Just flickers gone inside my head [Bridge – vulnerable, floating] How do you grieve what’s not quite gone? How do you sing when the notes feel wrong? A body still here, but not the same Wearing silence like a second name [Final Chorus – haunting, spacious] Now the days drift, pale and slow I count the hours I’ll never know Still look for love, still say "I’m fine" Still trace the path of a missing spine And maybe healing comes like rain— Invisible, but naming pain [Outro – ambient, nearly spoken] I was wildfire… Now I wait But even embers Hold their weight