[Metalcore/Blackgaze] Everything Ends Quietly

alternative metal, blackgaze, post-metal shoegaze

There’s a stain on the ceiling
That looks different every night
I keep staring at it for hours
Like it might finally explain
Why everything collapses eventually

(why everything collapses...)

The apartment feels enormous now
Like grief stretched the walls apart
Your books still lean against the shelf
Half-finished sentences gathering dust

I stopped opening the curtains weeks ago
Morning light feels invasive
Like the world expects me to continue
After becoming someone I don’t recognize

And I still talk to you sometimes
Quietly
While washing dishes
Like part of my brain never understood you left

I thought revenge would keep me alive
Something sharp enough to hold onto
But hatred burns fast
And silence always grows back thicker

So now I just sit awake at four in the morning
Listening to pipes shake inside the walls
Wondering if your new life feels lighter
Without my weight attached to it

(does she love you better?)
(do you sleep better now?)

I hope you’re happy
I really fucking do

But some nights
I still want the sky to cave in around you

AND I KEEP HEARING YOUR NAME
IN THE STATIC OF EVERYTHING
TRAIN STATIONS
EMPTY HALLWAYS
THE LOW HUM BENEATH THE CITY

You became part of the background noise
Of my entire existence

And no matter how hard I try to kill the memory
It keeps breathing underneath my skin
I don’t think I miss you anymore

I miss
Who I was
Before abandonment rewired my nervous system

Before love became something I associate with panic
And sleeplessness
And checking my phone like a dying ritual

(you said forever softly)
(softly...)
(softly...)

I built my whole future around a person
Who was already halfway gone

EVERYTHING ENDS QUIETLY
Not with violence
Not with closure
Not with the satisfaction of being understood

Just slow erosion
Tiny absences
Until one day
You realize the person beside you
Stopped loving you months ago

And now I walk through the ruins of myself
Trying to remember what happiness sounded like

BUT ALL I HEAR
IS YOUR VOICE LEAKING THROUGH THE WALLS
LIKE A SONG THAT NEVER FINISHES

I GAVE YOU EVERY PART OF ME
UNTIL THERE WAS NOTHING LEFT
TO SURVIVE THE LEAVING

The sun rises eventually
Even over abandoned things

I sit beside the window
Watching strangers drive somewhere meaningful
And for the first time in months
I stop imagining revenge

Not because I forgive you
But because I’m too tired
To carry what’s left of us anymore

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There’s a stain on the ceiling That looks different every night I keep staring at it for hours Like it might finally explain Why everything collapses eventually (why everything collapses...) The apartment feels enormous now Like grief stretched the walls apart Your books still lean against the shelf Half-finished sentences gathering dust I stopped opening the curtains weeks ago Morning light feels invasive Like the world expects me to continue After becoming someone I don’t recognize And I still talk to you sometimes Quietly While washing dishes Like part of my brain never understood you left I thought revenge would keep me alive Something sharp enough to hold onto But hatred burns fast And silence always grows back thicker So now I just sit awake at four in the morning Listening to pipes shake inside the walls Wondering if your new life feels lighter Without my weight attached to it (does she love you better?) (do you sleep better now?) I hope you’re happy I really fucking do But some nights I still want the sky to cave in around you AND I KEEP HEARING YOUR NAME IN THE STATIC OF EVERYTHING TRAIN STATIONS EMPTY HALLWAYS THE LOW HUM BENEATH THE CITY You became part of the background noise Of my entire existence And no matter how hard I try to kill the memory It keeps breathing underneath my skin I don’t think I miss you anymore I miss Who I was Before abandonment rewired my nervous system Before love became something I associate with panic And sleeplessness And checking my phone like a dying ritual (you said forever softly) (softly...) (softly...) I built my whole future around a person Who was already halfway gone EVERYTHING ENDS QUIETLY Not with violence Not with closure Not with the satisfaction of being understood Just slow erosion Tiny absences Until one day You realize the person beside you Stopped loving you months ago And now I walk through the ruins of myself Trying to remember what happiness sounded like BUT ALL I HEAR IS YOUR VOICE LEAKING THROUGH THE WALLS LIKE A SONG THAT NEVER FINISHES I GAVE YOU EVERY PART OF ME UNTIL THERE WAS NOTHING LEFT TO SURVIVE THE LEAVING The sun rises eventually Even over abandoned things I sit beside the window Watching strangers drive somewhere meaningful And for the first time in months I stop imagining revenge Not because I forgive you But because I’m too tired To carry what’s left of us anymore

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