Blindside

[Top Prompt: Female vocal alt-rock in the spirit of 90s confessional singer-songwriter energy, raw emotional delivery, dynamic quiet-loud contrast, gritty clean electric guitars, subtle acoustic layering, live drums with natural room feel, expressive vocal imperfections, intimate verses exploding into cathartic choruses, analog warmth, radio-ready but unpolished edge, no synth dominance, no trap elements] --- [Intro] I guess this is the part where I say I'm okay Right? Yeah… right --- [Verse 1] I won't be comin' home We're like the bitter ends of matches Struck and burned But I'll love you from the sidelines Like that’s supposed to mean somethin' I'll be okay Yeah, I keep sayin' it out loud Like it might come true someday --- [Pre-Chorus] 'Cause when you know You know And when you don't You still convince yourself you do --- [Chorus] I should've seen it comin' Saw the lights and kept on runnin' Like I had somewhere better to be And it blindsided me Yeah, it blindsided me And when I try to forget It's like a flashbulb in my head Burnin' holes in every memory And it blindsided me How did it blindside me? --- [Verse 2] You said you loved me, then disappeared Like love’s a trick you only play once Left me standin' empty-handed With all the weight and none of the answers How could I not have seen it comin'? Was I deaf to every warning sign? Or just addicted to the version of you I made up in my mind? --- [Pre-Chorus] 'Cause when you know You know And when you don't You rewrite every truth --- [Chorus] I should've seen it comin' Saw the lights and kept on runnin' Like I could outrun what was real And it blindsided me Yeah, it blindsided me And when I try to forget It's like a siren in my head Echoes I can’t unfeel And it blindsided me How did it blindside me? --- [Bridge – Vocal builds from restrained to raw, almost breaking] Isn’t it funny how I defended you? Like I was testifyin' in a courtroom with no judge Isn’t it perfect how you vanished too? Right when I finally asked for somethin' real And I replay every word like evidence Every silence like a loaded gun And I hate that I still miss you But I hate more what I’ve become --- [Break – Music strips back, near silence] Yeah… I should’ve known I should’ve known --- [Final Chorus – Full band, layered vocals, maximum intensity] I should've seen it comin' But I was busy becomin' Everything you needed me to be And it blindsided me Yeah, it blindsided me And now I try to forget But you're a shadow in my head And you don’t even notice me And it blindsided me How did it blindside me? --- [Outro – Soft, resigned, almost spoken] I won't be comin' home No… But somehow you're still everywhere I go