### **[INTRO – SPOKEN / CLOSE MIC / BASS PULSE ONLY]** *(quiet, intimate)* Why am I still here— thinking about you? *(breath)* It should be over. --- ### **[VERSE 1 – LOW, TALK-SUNG / VOCAL BEHIND BEAT]** *(almost whispered)* The love should be dead and buried by now Lowered in the ground, no visitors allowed I packed it away, I shut every door Still hear your weight in the frame of my floor *(lazy phrasing)* I tell my body we’re done with the past It nods along, but it lies so fast ‘Cause every time I close my eyes You’re still there, taking up space in my mind --- ### **[PRE-CHORUS – STRINGS SWELL SLIGHTLY / VOICE STEADY]** *(controlled)* I don’t reach out I don’t run But you don’t leave When the lights go off --- ### **[CHORUS – RHYTHMIC HOOK / LOW STACKED VOCALS]** *(smooth, restrained ache)* Why do I still lay here thinking of you? Like nothing we broke was ever the truth It’s cold in the room, but I still remember The way you felt, the heat, the pressure Why do I still lay here holding your ghost? Love should be gone, but it won’t stay closed You’re not in my arms But behind my eyes You’re close *(soft echo: “so close…”)* --- ### **[POST-CHORUS – PERCUSSIVE / BREATHY AD-LIBS]** *(under breath)* Mm… I hate that Yeah… --- ### **[VERSE 2 – MORE CONFIDENT, STILL INTIMATE]** *(talk-sung, faint smirk)* I move just fine in the daylight hours Say I’m healed, say I’ve got my power But my skin still keeps the score It remembers things I don’t ask for *(slight emphasis)* Every curve, every borrowed heat The way your weight settled into me I don’t miss you — that’s not the truth I miss the way I disappeared with you --- ### **[PRE-CHORUS – DRUMS PULL BACK / TENSION BUILDS]** *(quiet intensity)* I don’t call you I don’t chase But you still live In my body’s memory --- ### **[CHORUS – FULLER, MORE EMOTIONAL]** Why do I still lay here thinking of you? Like loving you was something I’d choose It’s late in my chest, it won’t surrender Your warmth still hits me mid-December Why do I still lay here holding your ghost? Love should be gone, but it holds me close You’re not in my arms But behind my eyes You’re close --- ### **[BRIDGE – BREAKDOWN / DRUMS DROP / STRINGS BEND]** *(fragmented, unstable)* I don’t want you back— No I just want you gone *(spoken, raw)* I want my body to forget your shape I want my mind to stop replaying heat But grief is quiet, it waits its turn And it sounds like you when the room goes still *(breath audible)* --- ### **[FINAL CHORUS – BIG DROP / CONTROLLED PAIN]** *(steady, honest)* Why do I still lay here thinking of you? Like love doesn’t die when it’s supposed to I swear I’ve moved on, I swear I’m fine But you still live where I go blind You’re not my future You’re not my home But behind my eyes I’m not alone --- ### **[OUTRO – FADE / VOCAL ONLY]** *(soft, resigned)* I’m still here.
