(Intro: A slow, melancholic cello pulls the listener into deep sadness, followed by the haunting, piercing notes of an erhu. The sound of waves crashes softly against the background.)

(Verse 1)

The cliffside wind, it tangles my hair

You smile and reach out, with a loving stare

Then you push me, right off the edge, without a care

In that fleeting second, I'm suspended in the air

Thinking it’s a game, a lovers' playful dare

I can’t swim, and now the water’s there

(Chorus 1)

I'm waiting... I just keep waiting...

Cold ocean water, it rises to my eyes

The sense of drowning, a brutal, dark surprise

I fight to keep them open, looking up for your replies

But refracted through the light, a blur that multiplies

By your side, there's another, the reason for my demise

(Verse 2)

Bubbles are rising, my heart is sinking low

In this saline grave, a bitter smile, a final show

So this is the answer, the reason for the blow

A calculated end, letting our story go

The scream for help I planned, a performance you already know

You don't even reach out, just watching me go below

(Bridge)

Why didn't you speak? If you had only said a word

I would have set you free, like a captured bird

To follow the new love, the one you have preferred

I believed in your kindness, a truth I never questioned nor stirred

Now I can’t comprehend, the depths of cruelty I’ve incurred

Did you need my life, to have the future you’ve conjured?

(Chorus 2)

I'm waiting... I’m no longer waiting...

The light is fading, the surface is too far

My struggle is over, no matter where you are

Left with the image of you, a permanent scar

Your new beginning, a star that’s too bizarre

A love built on my wreckage, from where you really are

(Outro)

The water gets cold, the silent abyss

A final memory, a deadly, final kiss

The thought of you, the thought of this...

Left with nothing... only this... only this...

(The cello fades into a deep, low rumble, the erhu lingers with one last, fragile, fading note.)