Lyrics

You found me in the middle
Of my own noise
Drowning out the quiet
I was afraid to hear
Taught me silence could be beautiful
When someone sits with you
Without fear

You showed me how
My edges weren't sharp
Just unloved
My silences weren't empty
Just full of things
I'd never been safe enough to hear

You're still breathing somewhere
Still waking up to mornings
I'll never see
Still choosing every day
To be anywhere, but here with me
And that's the knife
That keeps on cutting
Not that you're gone, but
The choice you made to leave me

You taught me how
To be gentle with the world
Even when, it wasn't gentle with me
Made me believe
I could be the person only you see
That's what I lost
Not just you
But the best version of me

I still set your coffee cup
Out every morning
Still fold your side of the bed
Still practice being kind with strangers
Using the words you put in my head

You're still breathing somewhere
Still waking up to mornings
I'll never see
Still choosing every day
To be anywhere, but here with me
And that's the knife
That keeps on cutting
Not that you're gone, but
The choice you made to leave me

You taught me how
To be gentle with the world
Even when, it wasn't gentle with me
Made me believe
I could be the person only you see
That's what I lost
Not just you
But the best version of me

I'm living as your ghost now
Haunting all the spaces you used to fill
Becoming the man you believed in
Even if you never will