Darkness Left Behind

I was young and burning bright, thought I had it all aligned

Chasing dreams and distance, leaving everything behind

You were steady in your loving, but I couldn't seem to stay

And the choices that I made, still echo to this day

I was reaching for a future that I didn't understand

Never saw the moment breaking as it slipped out of my hands

I held on far too tightly to a love I couldn't save

Trying hard to stitch together all the words I never gave

You were reaching for a future I was too afraid to find

And it breaks me that I lost you in the darkness left behind

I drove out to that small‑town life and tried to make it mine

Long roads and quiet nights that left me stranded in my mind

You stayed on with your studies as your world began to change

And I felt the distance growing in the things you couldn't say

Friends began to mention someone else was settling in your heart

And I felt the truth fall between us as we slowly drifted apart

I held on far too tightly to a love I couldn't save

Trying hard to stitch together all the words I never gave

You were reaching for a future I was too afraid to find

And it breaks me that I lost you in the darkness left behind

I was older when it hit me, how the cracks had formed so slow

All the silence in our distance held the things I didn't know

You were learning how to open while I struggled just to speak

And the weight of all my doubting made the strongest moments weak

I kept running from the questions that were waiting in your eyes

Never seeing how my fear was just another way to hide

I held on far too tightly to a love I couldn't save

Trying hard to stitch together all the words I never gave

You were reaching for a future I was too afraid to find

And it breaks me that I lost you in the darkness left behind

There were signs I should've followed

There were words I should've tried

But I let the quiet linger till it hollowed me inside

Now the echoes of that moment still return when I rewind

And they lead me to the ending in the darkness left behind