The Garden I Died In

Somewhere between midnight and the silence
I stood still, watching the sky bleed neon
Over rooftops I used to dream under with you
No prayer was ever answered
No angel came
But I kept waiting
Not for love
For closure
And then I knew
Some gardens are only meant for dying in

I traced your name on the window glass
A ghost in the steam, fading too fast
You left like a whisper, I couldn't hold
Now I'm dancing with shadows in this cold

Your promises burn like city lights
Too far to touch, too loud at night
You said forever like it cost you nothing
Now wear that

I like skin suffocating
I beg for a dawn that never came
In a garden soaked in whispered paint
And if I bloom, it's just to die
With petals cut by your goodbye

This is the garden I died in alone
We know that you just overgrown
Your silence watered every light
Until even hope forgot to try
This is the graveyard of our design
A place between your heart and mind
Where echoes kiss and fade away
And love pretends it wants to stay

I spoke to mirrors just to hear my name
Pretending they'd break and share your shame
But glass doesn't cry, it only cuts
Like the memories you left in rust

You gave me heaven, then locked the gate
Told me to smile and accept the wait
But I was never your saving grace
All at birth was more pretend
If love was real, it died unseen
Buried beneath this love routine

This is the garden that died alone
When all love grew, just overgrown
Your silence watered every light
Until even hope forgot to try
This is the graveyard of our design
A place between your heart and mine
Where echoes kiss and fade away
And love pretends it wants to stay

So toll no bell for what we were
Let memory rot
Let silence purl
You'll forget
And I'll remain
A flower blooming inside pain

This is the garden I died in alone
In the soil of dreams you never owned
And if you ever look behind
You'll find me lost, but never blind
In the soul of dreams you never roam
And if you ever be high
You'll find me alone