We don't notice what we lose– Till the quiet learns our names The rooms still ring with used to be A missing sound that follows me We set the table for the air– Then act like nobody was there (Was there, was there) We keep the lights the way they were To trick the dark, to blur the blur We scroll through laughter, polished bright Like proof that we were once alright A coat still hangs, a glass still shines A doorway draws invisible lines We say: I'm fine with perfect ease– But fine is just a frozen please And every day repeats the same But nothing ever feels the same We smile, we move, we keep the pace– While absence wears a living face The rooms still ring with used to be A missing sound that follows me We set the table for the air– Then act like nobody was there Turn it up, let silence break Give the ache a beat to take If the loss won't let us breathe– Let the bass become belief We learn the art of leaving fast Of stepping over shattered past We fold our grief in tidy stacks Then wear it like a brand-new mask Some nights the mirror feels too close– It shows the parts we can't expose We crave a noise, a brighter sin To drown the choir under skin Count to four, don't look back Hold the smile, hide the crack Move in time, stay composed– Love turns ghost, love turns ghost We don't fall– we disappear Slowly, softly, year by year We miss the hurt because it proved There was a hand we used to hold So teach the dark to carry light Not as comfort– as a knife Step in close, don't promise peace– Just promise motion, promise beat The rooms still ring with used to be A missing sound that follows me We set the table for the air– Then act like nobody was there Turn it up, let silence break Give the ache a beat to take If the loss won't let us breathe– Let the bass become belief We dance, so we don't vanish