Only Silence Now

[Verse 1 — Voice 1] I still keep your cup on the second shelf Like you’re coming back, like I fooled myself You said we were thunder but ran from the rain Now I water your ghost and I speak to your name [Pre-Chorus — Voice 1] You said, "Forever" in a halfway tone Now the silence in here is a dial tone [Chorus — Both voices, in layers] But now you’re just echoes in the quiet Whispers in a room that forgot your sound And I still reach for your shape in the silence Only to feel that you're not around You're gone... and louder than the world somehow You're gone... but I still hear you now [Verse 2 — Voice 2] You say I left without warning signs But we cracked long before the final line You wanted a flame I couldn’t fake I loved you soft — was that my mistake? [Pre-Chorus — Voice 2] I kept my distance, but not from pain We both lost something we couldn’t name [Chorus — Both again, harmonized with tension] Now we’re just echoes in the quiet Two shadows where we used to stand And I still play your name like a habit On the keys of a ghosted grand We’re gone... and louder than the world somehow We’re gone... but I still hear you now [Bridge — overlapping lines, haunting tone] (Voice 1) You never fought for what we made... (Voice 2) You never saw me start to fade... (Voice 1) I bled in silence when you turned away... (Voice 2) I stayed too long, didn’t know how to stay... [Final Chorus — stripped down, raw delivery] We’re just echoes in the quiet Fading like the morning cold Two names scratched in glass that shatters When we speak what we never told You're gone... But somehow I still hear you now.