why did you leave me

Lyrics

[Intro – eerie turntable scratch, distant 808 kick, low-tuned nu-metal guitar feedback]

[Verse 1 – brooding, half-rapped male vocals over palm-muted guitar and trap hi-hats]
You packed your bags in the middle of the night,
Left a note that said “maybe I’ll write,”
But the ink still bleeds on the kitchen light,
Now every shadow looks like a fight.
I was the storm, you were the eye,
Told me you’d stay but you said goodbye,
I’m still replaying every lie,
Echoes of your laugh on the rewind.

[Pre-Chorus – tension build, layered screams and reversed samples]
I keep dialing your name on a dead line,
Voicemail full of “one last time,”
I scream into the void,
Did I ever cross your mind?

[Chorus – massive drop, distorted guitars, 808 slams, gang vocals]
Why’d you leave, why’d you leave me here?
Burning in the wreckage of a love we feared,
Why’d you leave, why’d you leave so fast?
Left me with questions and a photograph.
Why’d you leave? Why’d you leave?
Answer in the silence, can’t you see?
Why’d you leave? Tell me why you ran,
I’m still fighting ghosts of who we were, man.

[Verse 2 – aggressive trap flow over chugging riffs, pitched-up ad-libs]
You blocked the number, changed the locks,
Switched the locks but I still hear the clocks,
Ticking like the seconds till the moment you walked,
Now the silence is louder than when we talked.
I hit the gym, I hit the pen,
Turned the pain into a 808 again,
Every bar is a bullet from a broken heart,
Trying not to fall apart.

[Bridge – stripped guitars, whispered rap turning to scream]
I see your sweater on the chair,
Smells like rain and midnight air,
If I could rewind just one stare,
Would you still be standing there?

[Final Chorus – bigger production, full band + rap-sing hybrid]
Why’d you leave, why’d you leave me here?
Screaming at the ceiling but you’re nowhere near,
Why’d you leave, why’d you leave so cold?
Now every song I write is just a story untold.
Why’d you leave? Why’d you leave?
Answer in the silence, can’t you see?
Why’d you leave? Tell me why you ran,
I’m still fighting ghosts of who we were, man.

[Outro – fading guitar feedback, lone 808, distant vocal echoes]
Why’d you leave… why’d you leave…