Lyric

Corners of your collar bent again

From how I held it close last week

The laundry tag still says your size

But nothing fits me anymore

I traced the seam where threads gave way

Like all the things we didn’t say

Now silence hums in every room

A steady, hollow kind of tune

And I keep folding what won’t stay neat

Pretending time will make this sweet

VELVET TEARS FALL SLOWER THAN RAIN!

They don’t splash—they seep through my skin!

You left without a sound

But I’m still learning how to breathe out loud

Your coffee mug sits on the sill

Still warm from yesterday’s ghost

I pour the same amount each dawn

Though no one drinks it but the dust

The couch remembers how you leaned

Into the space beside my knee

Now every cushion holds its shape

Like waiting isn’t breaking me

And I keep setting two at dinner

While the clock forgets to chime

VELVET TEARS FALL SLOWER THAN RAIN!

They don’t splash—they seep through my skin!

You left without a sound

But I’m still learning how to breathe out loud

I found your voice in static noise

On channels I forgot I tuned

And for a second—just a blink—

I thought you’d call me back tonight

VELVET TEARS FALL SLOWER THAN RAIN!

They don’t splash—they seep through my skin!

You left without a sound

But I’m still learning how to breathe out loud

Breathe…

Just breathe…