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Verse 1 (soft, remembering) We met when we were seventeen You looked at me like I was everything We promised each other the world back then Thought forever meant we’d never end Pre-Chorus You grew up slow, I grew up too But something stopped inside of me, not you Years kept coming, we kept holding on You aged beside me, I just… stayed young Chorus You got older I got older too But my body froze while my heart went through Every line on your face Every ache in your bones I felt them all But they never showed Verse 2 (voice lower, decades later) We made it to forty, then fifty, then more Kids came and left, slammed the front door You laughed about grandkids, I smiled through the pain Knowing one day I’d be the only one left in this frame Pre-Chorus Your hands got shaky, your steps got slow I still looked thirty while you let go You never blamed me, just held me tight Whispered “it’s okay” every single night Chorus You got older I got older too But death came for you and skipped over me like it knew Now I’m ninety inside Though my face says twenty-three Carrying all of our years Alone in this body Verse 3 (almost whispered, present day) The house is quiet, your chair is cold I sit in mine and feel so old People think I’m young, ask how I stay this way I just smile and say nothing There’s nothing left to say Bridge (voice breaking, no accompaniment) I’ve lived fifty more years without you Watched the world change, watched everyone new I’m tired I’m ready But time won’t take me too Final Chorus (barely audible, fading) You got older And finally left I got older But never got death I’m still here Still breathing Still waiting for the end Loving you In a body that won’t bend (Long silence, then one last whispered line over a single dying piano note: “Come get me soon… I’m done.”)

