I was thirteen when I first thought Maybe I could just disappear Not in a movie way, not in a poem Just gone, like a light switched off in an empty room In the quiet of my heart, a shadow grew And no one saw me leave, no one ever does Just a breath held in the cold, a whisper in the dust This heavy ghost inside, a truth I can't outrun No one saw me leave, before the day was done I tried to tell someone once, the words stuck in my throat So I swallowed them, let them rot inside, a silent, bitter note And nobody noticed the silence growing, a chasm in my soul Another day slipped by, another story left untold And no one saw me leave, no one ever does Just a breath held in the cold, a whisper in the dust This heavy ghost inside, a truth I can't outrun No one saw me leave, before the day was done I walked the streets at midnight, counting the cracks in the pavement Each one a reason, each one a memory, a moment heaven-sent I wondered if anyone would remember me, if I left quietly, without a sound Just a fading echo, on forgotten ground And no one saw me leave, no one ever does Just a breath held in the cold, a whisper in the dust This heavy ghost inside, a truth I can't outrun No one saw me leave, before the day was done I stood on the bridge, watched the water move, it didn't call to me It just waited, like it knew I'd come back, for the silent company And I did, every night, until I stopped hoping for rescue, a futile, broken plea Now I keep my secrets in my shoes, so when I run, they come with me A quiet weight, a silent vow, for all the world to see, but never truly know No one saw me leave No one ever does Just the space where I used to be A breath Gone with the breeze No one saw me leave No one Ever does