I Break Either With you— Without you— With or without [Verse 1 – female, intimate, steady] I stayed up late explaining Things you never heard Held a future on my shoulders Waiting for your turn I called it love, I called it patience But I was fading just to stay Every promise circled back Another quiet kind of pain Female Pre-Chorus I ask myself in empty rooms Did I leave too soon? Too soon— Your fault— Again—again— [Chorus – female, clear and restrained] I still love you, that’s the truth But loving you cost me me I can’t live lost inside your chaos I can’t leave without breaking something [Verse 2 – male POV, fragmented] I said wait I said time I said maybe we’d be fine You kept holding I kept slipping We called damage “forgiving” [Bridge – ritual section] Explain it again Explain it again Explain— I will not abandon myself To keep us alive [Pre-Final Chorus – female, grounded] I break either way But only one way I survive I still love you, I always will But I’m disappearing here I can’t live with you beside me I can’t live without you near [Outro] Peace doesn’t rush in It settles slow And one day It stops hurting to know we are finally free
