Échos de Silence

Lyrics

I just wanted to tell you that I still resent you, Because ever since you left, I’ve been learning to live with my fears. I carried our story until I forgot myself, Afraid that one day you’d decide to erase everything. I loved with all my heart, never keeping score, While you were already letting the door close. I accepted silences, doubts, and broken promises, Believing that love would eventually save us, you and me. You’ll never know what it feels like To love someone until you break. To smile while everything was falling apart, And to stay when everything was telling you to let go. I hate you because I still love you, Because deep inside me, your name echoes louder. I wanted to grow old in your arms, But today, you’re already gone. You left me with unfinished dreams, Promises you never kept. And even though my heart refuses to forget, I have to learn to live without us. I got used to your scent, your skin, To your late-night hugs, to our bursts of laughter and words. I gave you my gifts, my letters, my body and my hands, Believing that we were finally writing the same destiny. I hope you’ll remember the way my eyes used to shine, And the way I loved you. Because a girl who loves you until she forgets herself, Gets lost in your silence and slowly breaks without you even realizing it. And even when she falls, She still loves you anyway. I’m not angry about no longer being chosen, I’m angry that I believed we were looking at the same future. While I was building a future inside my heart, You had already learned how to leave. I hate you because I still love you, And this truth hurts more with every passing day. You promised to love me until your dying day, My life never imagined an ending for us, But apparently, yours had an expiration date for love. I fought for the both of us, While you were slowly giving up. And even if someone else may love me one day, I wish it had been you, forever. Talk to as many girls as you want, Today, it barely hurts anymore. I accept that your life no longer leads to me, Even though mine will still search for you a little tomorrow. Because deep within all my pain, One truth will always remain: By falling in love with you, I signed up for the greatest sorrow of my life. I hate you because I still love you, And this truth hurts me more than it did yesterday. But if you couldn’t see the worth of my love, Someone else surely will someday. And despite everything I could say, Despite all the tears I’ve cried, The truth is that until my very last breath, I would have chosen you… So now, for good, I’m finally putting out my last hopes. You’ll remain my most beautiful story, The one I’ll tell my children about late one evening. Only you know The true meaning behind our absurd words, And our promises disguised as games. “I love you once, I love you twice…” It wasn’t a joke. It was our way of saying forever. This song belongs to you… Just like everything I tried to save between us… But today, it’s over. I seal our ending like that very first kiss I placed on the corner of your lips, A memory that now belongs to the past.