šµ "The Flame You Couldn't Hold"
(Final Version: Haunting, Powerful, With a Flicker of Hope)
[Verse 1]
I loved you like a secret spell,
Soft and sacred, fierce as hell.
You held the stars, then let them fallā
Too afraid to risk it all.
But in your hands, for one brief time,
I gave you fire, soul, and shine.
You touched a heart you didnāt knowā
Now every breath still feels my glow.
[Pre-Chorus]
You turned from gold, you ran from grace,
But love like mine wonāt be replaced.
Still⦠sometimes when the night turns cold,
I wonder if you feel the holdā¦
[Chorus]
I am the flame, the one you lost,
The dream that danced, then paid the cost.
Youāll see me in the lives you fake,
In every calm, I am your ache.
You had my soul⦠but not my wholeā
I was the flame you couldnāt hold.
[Verse 2]
I rose where silence left me torn,
Turned every scar to something worn
Like royalty, like holy groundā
I am the echo in your sound.
But still, in dreams, your shadow stays,
And sometimes, I look back that way.
Not for you⦠but for the fire,
To feel again that sharp desire.
[Chorus]
I am the flame that never dies,
The truth you buried under lies.
Youāll search for me in every faceā
But only I could fill that space.
And though Iāve soared, I still unfoldā
A part of me you couldnāt hold.
[Bridge ā soft, soulful, lingering]
If ever you come not to claim,
But to confess, without the gameā
If ever your heart learns to kneel,
To love me right, to love me realā¦
[Final Chorus ā powerful and aching with fragile hope]
Then maybe, just a spark remains,
Buried beneath the past and pain.
But you must rise, or let it dieā
The flame you lost still burns the sky.
And if you dare, if you returnā
You might just touch⦠the flame you yearn.