Songs You Never Heard

Cigarettes and empty pills
Another high that never heals
I stitched your name into my skin
But you were never looking in

I sang you love in every line
While breaking slowly, every time
You clapped for pain like it was art
But never saw my bleeding heart

I wrote you songs you never heard
Screamed your name in every verse
While drowning in a quiet war
You watched me fall and asked for more
I gave you pieces I can’t replace
You turned your back, I lost my face
Addicted to a love absurd
And songs you never heard

I drank to silence, smoked the dark
Lit every room just to fall apart
My mirror cracked where hope once lived
But you just smiled, took all I’d give

I begged in lyrics, cried in keys
You sang along, but not for me
My death was dressed in sweet refrain
You danced through every note of pain

I wrote you songs you never heard
Screamed your name in every verse
While drowning in a quiet war
You watched me fall and asked for more
I gave you pieces I can’t replace
You turned your back, I lost my face
Addicted to a love absurd
And songs you never heard

Now all the chords are soaked in red
A final track inside my head
I kissed the edge, I didn’t lie
I meant it when I said goodbye

I wrote you songs you never heard
Each one a cry you never learned
And when they find me cold and still
Play track five, they’ll feel the chill
You’ll say, I didn’t see the hurt
But I was