Run My Race

"Sometimes love ain't loud it's just the silence that breaks you."
(Vinyl crackle. Low piano chord. Beat fades in softly.)
(Verse 1 – Kendrick—style storytelling flow)
You said forever, but forever had a curfew
Now I'm talkin' to your ghost like I still deserve you
Echoes in my room, they sound just like your laugh
Every song I write's just a photograph
I replay our fights like a record in reverse
Tryna find the moment where it stopped to work
Now I'm drownin' in the texts that I'll never send
Tryna heal in verses I can't defend
(Hook – Emotional sung chorus, soft female or falsetto male vocals)
I gave you all my daylight
Now I'm left in the light of the moon
You moved on like it's nothin'
But I still bleed in the tune
Yeah, I gave you all my daylight
Now I'm left in the light too soon
You said love was forever
But forever came too soon
(Verse 2 – Spoken—Rap mix, introspective tone)
Truth is, I ain't mad, I'm just tired of the chase
Every memory we built got a shadow in its place
Used to dream ‘bout you wearin' white in June
Now I'm dreamin' ‘bout peace, and that's somethin' new
Heartbreak made me honest, pain made me write
All these tears turned lessons in the middle of the night
You left me broken, but I learned how to stand
Guess love's just a teacher that never holds your hand
(Bridge – Spoken softly, background choir humming)
"You ever miss someone so much
You forget who you were before they came?"
Pause
"Yeah me too."
(Hook – Repeat, but more powerful / layered vocals)
I gave you all my daylight
Now I'm left in the light of the moon
You moved on like it's nothin'
But I still bleed in the tune
Yeah, I gave you all my daylight
Now I'm left in the light too soon
You said love was forever
But forever came too soon."If love was a lesson, I passed it bleeding."
"But at least I learned the truth."
(beat fades out slowly, soft piano echo remains)