🎸 Before You Go (Grunge Version)

Heavy, haunting, and broken open.

You showed me colors I couldn't see,

Tore through the static inside of me.

Every laugh, every spark in your stare—

Still couldn’t burn down the dark in there.

I’d tear the stars out from the black,

If I thought that it would bring you back.

But the weight’s too deep, love’s not enough—

When your wings want out of all this dust.

So I’ll love you loud—then watch you fade,

Even if I break each day.

You showed me how to feel this pain—

Now I’m the ghost stuck in the rain.

You need the sky, the open door—

Even if I scream, “No more...”

That song you loved still haunts the air,

Dancing in chairs like we didn’t care.

But the clock don’t bend, and time won’t lie,

Your smile was always a slow goodbye.

“Stay.”

I said it to the walls,

I said it to the night,

But freedom was your fuse,

And love was your

Fight.

So I’ll wear your scar like it’s mine to keep,

Let you go where the hurting runs deep.

So I’ll love you loud—then let you go,

Even if it wrecks my soul.

You taught me how to really live,

Now I’m the one who has to give...

You the sky, the final shore—

God, I wish love could win this war.

(barely whispered)

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