You took my crush, so small, so frail
And said I’d never speak at all
Let them see me as a freak
To hell with you, to hell with them


I will not speak — but not because I’m forced
Not because I’m trapped inside your cause
I choose this silence — freedom’s breath
Because it breaks your chains, not death


You took all that you could claim
But now I’m free, beyond your game
Not silenced by my fear or pain
But by my will to break your reign


Silence is my quiet throne
Where I am sovereign, stand alone
The universe will take its course
And in its time, repay your force


But unlike you, I won’t behold
The ripping life, the darkness cold


One day I’ll sleep, and in that peace
Find rest where cruelty will cease

I walk the line through narrow streets
Heavy walls close in on me
I try so hard to do things right
To live a day, to sleep a night


My body’s tired, my mind is fast
A storm of fear, an angry past
Full of pain and dread and sin
Wanting just to leave this skin


I'm still inside the walls I built
They shake with blame, they drip with guilt
Each brick, a name I learned by heart
Each shadow knows the broken part


I try to breathe but air won't stay
It slips like ghosts, it runs away
The floorboards creak with things unsaid
The night crawls in and fills my bed


The mirrors lie or stare too long
They hum the tune of someone’s wrong
And I can’t scream—it’s much too late
The silence knows, it guards the gate


I press my palms against the frame
But all I feel is glass and flame
It burns but doesn’t leave a mark
It hides like wolves that haunt the dark


So if I sleep, don’t pull me back
Don’t light the match, don’t break the black
Just let me float in this old skin
Still inside, but not giving in

🎹🎸 Key: C Major (gentle, heartfelt tone — easy to sing/play)
Time Signature: 4/4
Tempo: 72–76 bpm (slow, reflective ballad pace)


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🌙 [Verse 1]

C – G – Am – F
We gather here beneath the sky so wide,
C – G – Am – F
To speak your name and let the silence cry.
C – G – Am – F
From city lights to Shropshire’s fields,
C – G – F – G
You found the home where your soul could heal.


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✨ [Chorus]

Am – F – C – G
You’re the light beyond goodbye,
Am – F – C – G
The whisper in the evening sky.
Am – F – C – G
In every breeze, in every tree,
Am – F – G
You left your love inside of me.
F – G – C – Am
No farewell can ever part
F – G – C
The echo of your fearless heart—
Am – F – G – C
You shine where morning stars still rise,
F – G – C
A light beyond goodbye.


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🌊 [Verse 2] (same chord pattern as Verse 1)

You ran with fire, you boxed with grace,
You chased the wind and found your place.
You loved the water’s soft, sure tide,
And Italy’s sun, where you used to hide.
A mother’s arms, a nanny’s care,
With magic woven everywhere.
A poet’s heart that set us free,
You gave us all A Space To Be.


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🌌 [Bridge]

Am – G – F – C
You missed your mother, soft and true,
Am – G – F – C
But somehow her light lived on in you.
F – G – Em – Am
And now you soar where angels sing,
F – G – C
A soul that danced through everything.


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🌟 [Final Chorus]

(Repeat chorus, build it emotionally with slight dynamic rise—more passion)
Optional final line (slow down here):
F – G – C
You shine… a light beyond goodbye.


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🎧 Performance Suggestions:

Intro: Pick or softly strum the chords from the first verse once through to set the mood.

Vocals: Gentle, sincere. Emphasize emotional phrasing—breathe into “You’re the light beyond goodbye” like it’s a prayer.

Instrumentation: Start minimal (just guitar or piano), then build in subtle strings or harmonies by the bridge or final chorus.

Outro: Fade out slowly, maybe with soft humming or a single piano note fading.

🎸 The Lighter Tracks of My Heartbreak

Acoustic soul — for the one who knew exactly what he did.


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🎙️ Spoken Word Intro (optional live version or hidden track)

> "There’s a place where I nearly let go.
You pass it every day.

And you’ll never know
how close I came to disappearing —
because of how lightly
you walked away."




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🎵 [Verse 1]

I was quiet when I loved you
Too soft to hold the weight
You left like it was nothing
But nothing still feels like fate

You never saw me breaking
Though I broke in subtle ways
By a road you travel daily
Where my heart once begged to stay


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🎵 [Chorus]

Still I rise, though I bent and nearly broke
Found my breath beneath the echo of your ghost
You’ll never know the line I didn’t take
But I lived —
Right there
On the lighter tracks of my heartbreak


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🎵 [Verse 2]

You filled her world with answers
Left mine full of “what ifs”
I kept your secrets sacred
While you buried all of this

But time has a way of healing
Even when it leaves a mark
And the place you never noticed
Still remembers in the dark


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🎵 [Chorus]

Still I rise, with the grace you never gave
Lit a fire from the silence and the shame
You won’t see the tear-stained road I didn’t take
But I lived —
Right there
On the lighter tracks of my heartbreak


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🎙️ Optional Spoken Outro (barely audible)

> “If you ever feel a chill when you pass that place...
it’s just the wind
carrying the goodbye
I never got to say.”




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🎸 Guitar Style Suggestions:

Key: D minor or E minor (emotional, haunting tones)

Style: Fingerpicked acoustic with soft reverb — think Damien Rice, Ben Howard, The Script (acoustic versions)

Tempo: Slow, intimate (~70–80 BPM)

Chords (Verse): Em – C – G – D

Chords (Chorus): C – G – D – Em



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"The Shape of Lonely"
for when the world feels too quiet

I sit with silence like an old friend now,
in the corners where the laughter used to be.
Some days, I forget how full I was—
how loud love once echoed inside of me.

The rooms remember. The air still knows.
Even the mirror holds space for ghosts.
But I wake each day, wrap my ache in grace,
and carry it where the sunlight goes.

Lonely doesn’t mean I’m empty—
it means my soul is deep enough
to miss what mattered,
to hold what left,
to still believe in a kind of love
that never quite forgets.

And maybe, in this hush of now,
I'm learning I was never truly alone—
just waiting for someone
to sit in the silence
and understand.


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So I stitched the silence into armor,
wore the ache like woven thread.
You left thinking I was broken,
but I was only shedding dead.

Your leaving lit a lantern—
not for you, but just for me.
I walked alone through ruins
and found the girl I used to be.

She’s not waiting by the doorway.
She’s not crying in the rain.
She dances in the ashes
and turns sorrow into flame.

You thought I’d fade in shadows,
but I carved them into light.
Now I am the thing you dream of—
but can’t reach in the night.

Because now I am the good in goodbye,
the strength you never saw bloom.
And you? You're just a whisper
in a long-forgotten room.


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💔 Where’s the Heart in Heartbreak?

(by you — because it feels like your story)

[Verse 1]
You said goodbye like it was easy,
Like love was just a phase to leave.
I stood there bleeding quietly,
While you walked off so easily.

I gave you all, you gave me doubt,
Now silence fills what we talked about.
You tore the pages from our book,
But I still know how your shadow looks.

[Pre-Chorus]
Now I’m the ghost in every song,
The one who stayed when you moved on.

[Chorus]
Where’s the heart in heartbreak?
Where’s the soul you used to crave?
Did it die when you let go,
Or did you leave it just to save
Yourself from feeling something real?
Did you ever feel at all?
You took the love and left the ache…
Tell me,
Where’s the heart in heartbreak?

[Verse 2]
I still dream in your old tone,
Still wear pain like cologne.
You vanished like a whispered lie,
But I never learned to say goodbye.

[Pre-Chorus]
Now I’m the echo in your past,
The truth you buried far too fast.

[Chorus]
Where’s the heart in heartbreak?
Where’s the fire we used to burn?
Did you silence every promise,
Or did you leave to never learn?
Was I too much, or just too true?
Or did I scare the lie in you?
You took the light and left the ache…
Tell me,
Where’s the heart in heartbreak?

[Bridge]
And maybe one day you’ll return,
When her kiss forgets to burn.
But I’ll be gone—
Not out of spite,
But 'cause I finally found my light.

[Final Chorus – stripped down]
Where’s the heart in heartbreak…
The love you swore you’d never fake?
I gave you all, you walked away…
Now I’m the one you couldn’t break.


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