I am not gone

[Intro, slow clean electric guitar arpeggio, repeating pattern, dry and intimate, no drums at first] [Verse 1, quiet female vocal, close and tired] There’s a mark beside the doorway Where the paint has come away I keep staring at the same wall Like it has something left to say Morning comes in without asking Light falls flat across the floor I don’t know what I am waiting for I don’t wait for much no more [Chorus, restrained, repeating, aching] Still here somehow Still here somehow Breathing in and out Still here somehow Still here somehow Even when I don’t know how [Verse 2, soft drums enter, bass slow and melodic] There are things I never told you There are things you never saw I have smiled through conversations With my back against the wall I have walked home in the evening With my keys between my hands Not because I had a reason Just because the body learns [Chorus, slightly wider, backing harmony on final line] Still here somehow Still here somehow Breathing in and out Still here somehow Still here somehow Even when I don’t know how [Post-Chorus, wordless female vocal, distant but human, guitar continues the same pattern] [Progressive Middle Section, drums deepen, second guitar enters with slow swelling notes] Nothing breaks the way you think it will Nothing heals because you say it should Some days I can almost feel myself Some days I am only acting good I have been the quiet person In the corner of the room I have made my voice smaller So nobody had to move [Instrumental Break, 8-bar emotional guitar lead, slow bends, no shredding, sad melodic phrase] [Bridge, stripped back, acoustic guitar and voice only] Don’t make it beautiful Don’t make it wise Some nights are just the night Some pain is just alive [Build, drums return slowly, bass rises, guitars widen] But I am not gone I am not gone I am not gone [Final Chorus, full band, emotional but not triumphant] Still here somehow Still here somehow Breathing in and out Still here somehow Still here somehow Even when I don’t know how Still here somehow Still here somehow With nothing figured out Still here somehow Still here somehow I stayed, I stayed somehow [Outro, long fade out, return to intro guitar arpeggio, bass circles softly, drums slowly disappear, distant wordless vocal, no new lyrics]