[Verse 1 - 16 Bars] I ran the rooms where shadows kept your name Fingers on the glass, trying to warm the frame I stitched the silence with a thousand prayers Held the night like a candle, burning thin and bare [Pre Chorus - 8 bars] Every heartbeat sounded like a verdict in the dark I learned the language of the impossible, learned to mark The places where the light refused to stay [Chorus - 16 bars] I tried to pull you back from the edge of the sky Tried to bargain with the stars, with every lie But some roads are rivers that refuse to bend I held on until my hands could not pretend That love could change the map of fate I screamed at the unfairness, then learned to wait [Verse - 16 bars] I counted all the could-have-beens like coins in a jar Spent them on the hope that you would not go far Watched the clock unmake the hours we had sewn Felt the world keep turning like it never owned [Pre Chorus - 8 bars] The doctors spoke in numbers, the night in softer tones I traded all my certainty for the weight of bones And every promise cracked beneath the strain [Chorus - 16 bars] I tried to pull you back from the edge of the sky Tried to bargain with the stars, with every lie But some roads are rivers that refuse to bend I held on until my hands could not pretend That love could change the map of fate I screamed at the unfairness, then learned to wait [Bridge - 16 bars] There is a cruelty that has no face, no name A quiet arithmetic that burns like flame I wanted to rewrite the rules, to steal the sun But some battles end before the fight is won So I learned the hardest lesson of all That grief is a tide and I must not drown when it calls [Breakdown - 8 bars] I kept your photograph like contraband light Took it out at midnight, held it to the night Said every word I never said aloud Hoped the echoes would be loud enough to crowd The silence that came after you [Final Chorus - 24 bars] I tried to pull you back from the edge of the sky Tried to bargain with the stars, with every lie But some roads are rivers that refuse to bend I held on until my hands could not pretend That love could change the map of fate I screamed at the unfairness, then learned to wait [Outro - 8 bars] Now I carry you in the small things I do In the quiet of mornings, in the way light moves through I cannot change the ending that was cast But I can keep your name alive, make it last I will not forget the fight, the cost, the pain I will live so your story breathes again
