I kept the light on just in case

You’d miss the warmth inside this place

But shadows grew where you once stood

And I learned that love can rot like wood

You said nothing when you left

And silence took your shape instead

I folded time like fragile notes

But none of them reached your thread

If you never look back

Will you forget the way I break?

Will you leave my name behind

Like dust that winds refuse to take?

I scream into a sky so still

It doesn't even echo back

If you never look back

Was I ever real to you at all?

Your ghost walks through my quiet days

Uninvited, but it always stays

Even the mirror won’t meet my eyes

It knows the truth I try to hide

I wore your memory like a ring

A circle that won’t mean a thing

Now every breath is counterfeit

And every smile is paper-thin

If you never look back

Will you forget the way I break?

Will you leave my name behind

Like dust that winds refuse to take?

I scream into a sky so still

It doesn't even echo back

If you never look back

Was I ever real to you at all?

I could set the world on fire

And you still wouldn't turn your head

Even the stars can’t pity me

They’ve moved on while I stay dead

If you never look back

Then I’ll fade like I was meant to

Just a flicker in your timeline

A soul you accidentally went through

I scream into a sky so still

It doesn’t even echo back

If you never look back

Then maybe I was never meant to last