Thank you for being here. This one... it’s hard to talk about. It’s for the ones who stayed.

The ones who were there by my side, and the ones who are still here, despite everything I put them through.

Despite the shadows I chose over the light.

Thank you for not giving up on me... This is 'The Weight of Staying Behind

The walls closed in, and I just let them stay

I watched the world outside just drift away.

In a well of my own making, dark and deep

I traded every promise I was meant to keep.

Time was a river running past my door

I didn’t reach for it, I didn’t ask for more.

I stayed in shadows while you lived in the light

I chose the silence over every honest fight.

Oh, the life I left behind has finally caught me now

I’m standing in the wreckage, and I don’t remember how.

I betrayed the hands that tried to pull me through

After all the hollow paths, I’m crawling back to you.

I see the scars I left upon your grace

The lines of waiting written on your face.

I was a ghost while you were building up the walls

Ignoring every echo, every time you’d call.

Where was I?

God, I was so wrong!

It's too late!

Tell me it's not too late!

Oh, the life I left behind has finally caught me now

I’m standing in the wreckage, and I don’t remember how.

I betrayed the hands that tried to pull me through

After all the hollow paths, I’m crawling back to you.

I’m here now...

I’m so sorry...

I was gone so long.