Quiet After You: CHAOS weirdness: 100

Verse 1 What a relief—you’re gone The house exhales in hollow tones What a relief—you’re gone The walls stop humming your undertone I was a hallway with no doors I was a body you could haunt Every light stayed halfway on Like something waiting to be caught Pre-Chorus You called it love with sharpened teeth You called it truth while draining me Chorus You don’t see the blood you take How you drink without a trace You don’t feel the pulse you break Every time I hesitate I was breathing through a bruise I was speaking just to soothe Now the silence blooms in black And I finally have me back Verse 2 Candles melt where I once stood Wax like tears across the wood Candles melt where I once stood Soft collapse misunderstood You moved through me like a prayer Spoken wrong but said with force Every kindness turned to ash Every “sorry” changed its course Pre-Chorus Hold the mirror to your face You say I’m weak, I call it grace Chorus You don’t see the blood you take How you drink without a trace You don’t feel the pulse you break Every time I hesitate I was breathing through a bruise I was speaking just to soothe Now the silence blooms in black And I finally have me back Bridge (gothic, rising) Was I just a sacred wound? Something holy you consumed Was I just a quiet room You could fill and then undo Test my patience, test my spine Test the border of divine There’s a line you couldn’t see Now it stands in front of me Final Chorus (ascension) Now I see the shape you wore Like a shadow stitched to form Now I hear the truth beneath You were never feeding me You were feeding on my light Calling darkness something right But I’ve buried what you drained And I rise without your name Outro (whispered, cold air) What a relief… you’re gone The night is mine to breathe upon