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Traces of Where You Were

Justin Otani

The city breathes in silence

Only the wind remembers us

I keep walking forward

But the shadows still wear your name

You left without the sound of a door

Just the scent of rain in our room

Your cup still on the table

Your echo still in my bones

I try to rewrite the ending

With words you never said

But even empty pages

Can feel too heavy to turn

If I had reached for your hand that night

Would we be somewhere else by now?

I keep asking questions

To a past that never answers back

I walk the path where we once stood

With no direction, just your ghost

Every traffic light turns red

As if the world won’t let me go

I thought goodbye would be a word

But it became a place instead

And I'm still stuck

Where your last footsteps faded

Your umbrella's still in the hallway

It leans like it’s waiting for rain

I talk to walls and cold coffee

Pretending they can talk back

I replay your voice in silence

It’s never loud, but it stays

Like a melody without rhythm

That still knows how to ache

If I could choose again

Would I still fall the same way?

Even pain in your memory

Feels better than forgetting you

I walk the path where we once stood

Hoping time forgot your name

But even strangers’ eyes

Seem to carry your reflection

I thought I’d learn how to forget

But forgetting just recalls

All the little things

You left behind inside me

There was no crash, no scream

Just quiet air where you once breathed

A gentle vanishing

That left thunder in my chest

I walk the path where we once stood

Now just echoes on wet stone

And if someday you look back

I hope you find the road I roam

Not to bring you home again

But to show you I remained

In the place we called “someday”

Even when you never came

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A tender collection of emotional ballads capturing the quiet heartbreak of unsaid love. Set against soft piano and warm strings, each track reflects memories, breakups, and words left unspoken. For fans of emotional love songs, bittersweet romance, and peaceful melodies, this album offers comfort in every whispered goodbye. The soundtrack for hearts at twilight.

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