[Intro] (soft piano, distant pad, hospital ambience subtly implied) I count the seconds in the dark Machines are breathing where you are Your hand is cold inside of mine But I still feel you every time [Verse 1] I talk to you like you're awake Like you can hear the words I say I tell you things I never could When you were standing where I stood [Pre-Chorus] And every night I make a deal If you come back, I swear I'll heal Everything I broke in us I’d give my soul just for your touch [Chorus] But a voice inside me says it low "You gave her love, now let her go" You held her here through all the pain But love’s not meant to stay in chains I feel you slipping through my hands Like grains of time I can't command You were my life, my only home But love means knowing when to let go [Verse 2] Your favorite song is playing soft I close my eyes, I see you laugh Dancing barefoot in the light Before the world went out that night [Pre-Chorus] And I still hope you'll say my name And wake me from this endless rain But every breath feels borrowed now And I don’t know how to hold you down [Chorus] And the voice inside me says it low "You gave her love, now let her go" You stayed beside her every night But love is more than just the fight I feel you fading like a dream A quiet pull I can't redeem You were my life, my only home But love means knowing when to let go [Bridge] (only piano, very intimate) If you can hear me, don’t be scared I’ll carry us for both of us You don’t have to stay for me I’ll learn to breathe with just your memory [Final Chorus – stripped, fragile] And now I hear it, soft and slow "You gave me love… now let me go" [Outro] (flatline tone fades into silence → pad remains) I let your hand slip out of mine For the first and final time
