Without You

Lyrics

Intro
Yeah…
Funny how the loudest pain
is the kind nobody hears.
I’ve spent so long telling everybody I’m okay…
I almost believed it myself.
Verse 1
I learned how to walk through the dark by myself,
learned how to carry the weight that I felt.
I got good at pretending that nothing was wrong,
good at hiding the hurt in the words of my songs.
Everybody sees the smile on my face,
nobody sees what I’m trying to escape.
Nobody knows all the thoughts that I fight,
or how heavy the silence gets late at night.
I’ve been holding my heart like it’s made out of glass,
afraid that if I drop it, I won’t put it back.
I give people love that I wish I received,
then wonder why there’s nothing left inside of me.
And I hate that I need somebody near,
hate that I still want someone here.
Because every time I let somebody close,
my heart starts bleeding from an old wound I know.
Pre-Chorus
I keep telling myself I don’t need anyone,
that I’m better off when I’m the only one.
But the truth that I never say out loud…
Is I don’t know who I am without you around.
Chorus
I don’t know how to breathe without you,
don’t know how to feel without you.
I’ve been fighting all these battles alone,
trying to make a place out of a broken home.
And every time I get too close, I bleed,
every time I trust, there’s a part of me that leaves.
I keep telling my heart that it’s better alone,
but it still searches for somewhere to call home.
Maybe I was never meant to have someone,
maybe I was built to be the lonely one.
But even if I know I have to move on…
A part of me is still lost without you.
Verse 2
I’ve watched people leave before they knew my name,
watched promises turn into memories and pain.
I learned that forever is a dangerous word,
because losing something hurts more than never being heard.
So I keep my distance, I keep my guard,
I hide every weakness and bury my scars.
Because if nobody knows what’s inside my chest,
then nobody can leave after seeing the mess.
But I’m tired of being the one who survives,
tired of just making it through every night.
I don’t want saving, I don’t need a hand,
I just want somebody who understands.
Someone who sees all the things I conceal,
all the parts of myself I don’t know how to heal.
Someone who stays when the mask falls away,
someone who doesn’t run when they see my pain.
But maybe that person only exists in my dreams,
maybe I’m chasing something that’s not meant for me.
Maybe I was always destined to lose…
Maybe I was always meant to live without you.
Bridge
And that’s the part that hurts the most…
Not losing something I had.
It’s missing something I never got to hold.
It’s knowing there’s a space in my heart
with your name on it…
and nothing I do can fill it.
Final Chorus
I don’t know how to breathe without you,
don’t know how to heal without you.
I keep carrying this weight on my own,
pretending I don’t feel alone.
My heart bleeds every time I get too close,
because I’m scared of loving something I’ll lose the most.
So I build these walls and I call them home,
even though I hate being here alone.
Maybe someday I’ll stop looking for you,
maybe someday I’ll find something new.
But until that day comes…
I’ll still be learning how to live without you.
Outro
Yeah…
Some people leave footprints on your heart…
even if they never stayed long enough
to know they were there.