Lyric

I try to let you go

But your name still clings to me

Like the last breath of a vanishing dream

Soft and slow, it lingers on unseen

Slipping through the cracks of my unraveling resolve

And still

A quiet weight remains

The unspoken guilt

Of loving you too much

Of taking up too much of you

One name, and the stillness breaks

The night, once calm, begins to shake

Forgetting you is not a door;

It’s a hallway with no end

Barefoot, I walk as memory calls

Your shadow dances on the walls

I tried to drown your voice

In silence

In noise

In distance

In defiance

But still, it rises—

Somehow, always—

A melody I can’t escape

And still I know:

Loving you was never the pain

But the truth is

I was never ready

To truly let you go

Letting go is a ghost

A whisper

A host

It clings to the air

And stains my skin

Where you end and I begin

Still blurs and shifts

I hesitate

No farewell on my lips

Still calling you mine

Even now

One name, and the stillness breaks