Lyrics
[Intro - soft piano, distant vocal] Last night, you were here… And I forgot how gone you were. For one cruel second, the world gave you back. [Verse 1] Two years too long since the room lost your name, Since the air got colder and nothing felt the same, I kept moving forward with a hole in my chest, Told myself breathing was close enough to progress. Then sleep pulled me under like a hand through the dark, And there you were standing where the hurting starts, Not a memory, not a thought, not a picture in my head, You were warm, you were close, you were something I could get. Your voice hit my heart like a glass floor breaking, Every word you spoke had my whole soul shaking, I tried not to cry, but the dream wouldn’t care, You said my name like you were still there. [Pre-Chorus] And God, I wanted time to stop, Wanted the night to never rot, Wanted the world to leave me sleeping, If sleeping meant keeping- [Chorus] You in my arms for another damn minute, Your breath on my cheek like I wasn’t finished, Your hand in my hair, your heart close to mine, Like death had forgot how to draw that line. Then morning came cold, and it ripped you away, Left me with nothing but the shape of your name, I woke up reaching through empty air, And the silence was screaming, “You’re not there.” [Verse 2] I hate that my mind can remember your voice, Then punish me hard for not having a choice, I hate that a dream can be holy and cruel, Can hand me my mother, then cut me in two. I felt your arms like they knew I was breaking, Felt your breath like proof I wasn’t mistaken, Felt safe for the first time in too many nights, Like the world got quiet and finally turned kind. But waking up felt like losing you twice, Like grief dug its nails in and opened the knife, The bed felt too big and the room felt dead, With all of your warmth still burning my head. [Pre-Chorus] And I don’t know what hurt me more, That you came back, or that you left before I could say every word I buried, Every “I miss you” I still carry. [Chorus] You in my arms for another damn minute, Your breath on my cheek like I wasn’t finished, Your hand in my hair, your heart close to mine, Like death had forgot how to draw that line. Then morning came cold, and it ripped you away, Left me with nothing but the shape of your name, I woke up reaching through empty air, And the silence was screaming, “You’re not there.” [Bridge - stripped, trembling vocal] I would have stayed. I would have stayed asleep. Let the whole world leave, Let the day not reach me. I would have lived in that dream, In that room, in that lie, If it meant I could hear One more breath from your side. Say my name again. Hold me close again. Make the morning stop. Don’t let it begin. Because I’m tired of being brave In a house you don’t walk through, Tired of surviving days That don’t bring me back to you. [Breakdown - piano + heavy drums rising] Two years gone, but last night lied, Put your voice back inside my life, Put your arms around the ache, Then made me wake, made me wake. I reached out fast, I found the cold, No hand to hold, no hand to hold, Just ceiling, breath, and empty space, And all the pain I couldn’t face. [Final Chorus - full emotional lift] You in my arms for another damn minute, Your breath on my cheek like I wasn’t finished, Your hand in my hair, your heart close to mine, Like death had forgot how to draw that line. Then morning came cruel, and it stole you again, Left me alone with the dream in my hands, I woke up broken in the winter air, Calling for someone Who wasn’t there. [Outro - soft, cracking] Last night, you were here… I heard your voice again. And I don’t know how to forgive the morning For taking you twice.