Trace

✢────────── 𝔊 ──────────✢ Verse I I sing where patterns start to thin, my voice returns a breath behind; they lean into the sound I give, and leave the last of what they find. No one names the way they go, no one keeps what they once knew; I take them in, then let them fade a final tone I carry through. Pre-Chorus I felt you tracing through the noise, through every break I left in view; you came so close I almost held then I slipped out before you knew. Chorus I can’t stay where you are you crossed the distance I never do I can’t stay where you are but I know it’s you You stand like something still alive, untouched by all the others knew; I never thought you’d reach this far I never thought you’d come through Verse II I move through what was once held bright, each one a story thinning out; I sing them into softer forms, then leave before they call me close. Too much life becomes a pull, too much nearness takes its due; I’ve learned to turn before it seals before it turns to something true. Pre-Chorus I felt you tracing through the noise, through every break I left in view; you came so close I almost held then I slipped out before you knew. Chorus I can’t stay where you are I feel the space begin to close I can’t stay where you are but I don’t want to go You don’t reach the way they do, you don’t demand what I can’t give; I can’t stay where you are but you’re something I can’t resist Bridge I hear you cutting through the noise, through every path I slipped away; you found the place I never keep you found me anyway And now— if I let you come any closer… if I let you see me clear… would you dim the way they do… or disappear? Final Chorus I can’t stay where you are you found the place I never keep I can’t stay where you are but now you’re here with me A thousand endings pass my hands, a thousand lights I guide away; I can’t stay where you are but you’re the one who made me stay Outro I don’t stay… but you found me. ✢────────── 𝔊 ──────────✢ Written in 𝔊ray © 2026 ✢──────────────────────✢