One word lost, and the walls just stayed, Empty rooms hum the games we played. I still feel traces where your voice once laid, And I keep askin’—did you care that day? Met on a corner with a laugh half-made, Said we’d run far past the map we’d laid, Now it’s one chair pulled at an empty table, Truth on the tongue but my mouth ain’t able. You wore that grin like a borrowed coat, Rain in the forecast, we still took note, Phone full of moments that I can’t replay, Words on my lips that I couldn’t say. I called your name in a crowded room, Got back a smile that foretold the doom, Hands once woven now slip like sand, Am I asking too much just to understand? We promised more than we could keep, Chasing daylight on no sleep, If I look you in the eyes right here, Would the answer fall or disappear. Did you care when I called your name? Or was I talking to the rain? Did it hurt to see me fade away, Or did it make you feel okay? Did you care when I fell apart, When I wrote your name across my heart? Now I’m standing here, thinking it wasn't fair— Tell me once, did you ever care? You said “we’re fine” with a porcelain tone, I nodded along like a metronome, We danced on rules that we never wrote, Smiled through storms in a paper boat. I stayed up late while the walls looked on, Clock hands dragging like they’d done me wrong, I stitched my pride with a crooked thread, Kissed goodnight to a vacant bed. If love’s a flight then we lost the gate, Tickets in hand but the runway late, I keep asking air like it answers back— Did the care go thin or did I overreact? Did you care when I called your name? Or was I talking to the rain? Did it hurt to see me fade away, Or did it make you feel okay? Did you care when I fell apart, When I wrote your name across my heart? Now I’m standing here, thinking it wasn't fair— Tell me once, did you ever care? If I fall right here, would you reach this time? If the room goes still, would your hands find mine? All I need right now is a one-word sign, Say yes—or let the pulse flatline. Did you care when I called your name? Or was I talking to the rain? Did it hurt to see me fade away, Or did it make you feel okay? Did you care when I fell apart, When I wrote your name across my heart? Now I’m standing here, thinking it wasn't fair— Tell me once, did you ever care? If the answer’s no, let the heartache leak, If the answer’s yes, let the future speak, Either way I’ll learn what the truth might be— Did you care… or was that just me?
