Verse 1

The cold sheets told me more than any words you said,

I traced the cracks on the ceiling while the night turned red.

I tried to fix what was never meant to stay whole,

Every apology you gave felt like another hole.

You’d lean in close, whisper things to make me stay,

Then freeze me out like I was nothing but a phase.

Your warmth was borrowed, your coldness carved in stone,

I kept holding on to something that had long gone.

Chorus

You were the storm I couldn’t outrun, the knife I didn’t see,

Each time you pulled me under, you promised we’d be free.

One breath you’d hold me like the world depended on my touch,

The next you’d tear me down with just a look, so cold and much.

Now every memory stings like salt on open skin,

I’m learning how to breathe again, though I still feel it within.

Verse 2

I memorized the way you lied with your steady gaze,