[Intro - 24 bars, just clean tremolo guitar + amp hiss, bare bulb barely on] [Verse 1 - barely a whisper, like you’re singing to someone asleep next to you who isn’t there] I felt it go quiet in the kitchen light Your keys still here, but you left that night You said "it's kindness" — kindness doesn't feel like knives You said "it's mercy" — mercy never left me like this twice [Chorus - guitars hit but low, not loud, like a wave that doesn't break, you sing it broken] I’m dying brokenhearted With your name still in my mouth I’m dying brokenhearted While the world keeps turning out And I can’t even call it losing If you never wanted out I’m dying brokenhearted And you’re not even around [Verse 2 - drums enter, just floor tom + kick, bass is a drone] I keep your sweater on the back of the chair So the room still thinks you might be there I talk to shadows just to hear a sound That isn’t me falling apart without a sound [Chorus 2 - full band now, distortion blooming, octave lead crying] I’m dying brokenhearted With the light left in the hall I’m dying brokenhearted Staring at a blank wall And every song I used to love Just sounds like you saying goodbye I’m dying brokenhearted And I don’t even know why [Bridge / Collapse - strip everything, just feedback and your voice cracking, the real prayer] If you ever come back Don't knock, just come in If you ever come back I'll be the same as when you left On the floor Where you left me [Final Chorus - slowest, heaviest, let the cymbals wash everything] I’m dying brokenhearted And I’ll pray you never know How it feels to be the one left Watching somebody go I’m dying brokenhearted And there’s nowhere left to fall I’m dying brokenhearted After all [Outro - 25 seconds, one clean guitar playing the verse melody]
