**THE SPACE YOU LEFT** **[Verse 1]** I still remember your voice in the hallway Like a ghost that never learned to leave Every night I trace the shape of yesterday Wondering what you wanted me to see We were fire beneath a dying ceiling Two hearts afraid to make a sound I thought forever was a promise Until forever let us down **[Pre-Chorus]** And if you're somewhere past the silence Do you ever think of me? Do you still carry all the words We were too afraid to speak? **[Chorus]** I keep reaching through the darkness For a hand that isn't there Every road I take without you Leaves me standing nowhere If our story isn't finished Give me something I can hold One last truth beneath the ashes One last answer for my soul **[Verse 2]** I kept the memories we buried Like letters underneath my skin Every photograph is fading But I still remember where you've been Maybe we were never broken Maybe timing was the knife Maybe love can disappear And still remain alive **[Pre-Chorus]** If I could find you in the distance Would you turn and let me in? Would you tell me that you missed me Or that this is where it ends? **[Chorus]** I keep reaching through the darkness For a hand that isn't there Every road I take without you Leaves me standing nowhere If our story isn't finished Give me something I can hold One last truth beneath the ashes One last answer for my soul **[Bridge – Building]** I need to change the ending I just need to understand Was I supposed to lose you Or was I supposed to stay? All these years I've carried questions Like a weight I can't release If goodbye was all we had Then let me finally give you peace **[Heavy Breakdown]** Tell me you remember Tell me we were real Tell me there was something Neither of us could heal I would cross every distance I would walk through every scar Just to know if somewhere inside you You still know who we are **[Final Chorus – Huge / Emotional]** I'm still reaching through the darkness Though I know you're far away Some loves don't die with goodbye They just learn another name If our story isn't finished Let the silence finally break Give me one last honest answer For the love we couldn't save **[Outro – Fading]** If you're gone, then let me know If there's hope, then let it show I wish you could return I just need to know what we were And if someday you hear my name Don't let it disappear Because after all these years I'm still waiting for the answer I never gave to you.
