Lyrics

Intro]
[Genre: Cinematic Soul Ballad, R&B]
[Mood: Haunting, Melancholic, Empowering]
[Instrument: Piano, Strings, Deep Bass, Light R&B Percussion, Ambient Synth]
[Vocalist: Female, Mezzo-Soprano, Raspy, Emotional]
[Harmony: Yes]
[Performance Notes: Emotional vocal with breathy natural rasp. Smooth, soulful phrasing in the verses. Clean highs with powerful belting on choruses and bridge. Heart-rending emotional undertones throughout. Dynamics should flow gently in verses, swell in choruses, and peak emotionally in the bridge. Harmony should be layered subtly in choruses and outro.]

[Intro]
The quiet came before the fall.
Not a storm, not a scream.
Just the sound of promises pulling apart.
I didn’t fight it.
I just watched.
The weight of staying felt heavier than leaving.
But I stayed.

[Verse]
I thought the silence would break me.
That without their voices, I would forget who I was.
But the quiet became a mirror.
I saw the part of me they never noticed.
The one that never asked to be saved.
The one that burns without permission.

[Chorus]
No one needs to see me.
I was never for them.
I have stood through the collapse of everything I thought would hold.
I stayed burning when even the strongest faded.
I am the last light.
And I will not leave.

[Verse]
They thought leaving would end me.
That without their hands, I would stand still.
But still, I rise.
I am becoming.
Not for them.
For the spark that chose me long before they could.

[Chorus]
No one needs to see me.
I was never for them.
I have stood through the collapse of everything I thought would hold.
I stayed burning when even the strongest faded.
I am the last light.
And I will not leave.

[Outro]
The darkness quiets around me.
They have forgotten.
I have not.
This is not survival.
This is presence.
I am the last light.
And I will not leave.