When the Light Left

[Intro]

(Mmm...)

(Ohhh, I saw it... when the light left)

[Verse 1]

You said nothing—

And that silence echoed louder than goodbye.

That’s when the light left…

Not in a blaze,

But in fragments.

I used to contort just to stay in your frame.

Called my reflection “love”

Even when I couldn’t find myself in it.

You held the room like it was yours,

And I stayed quiet in the corners.

But the silence didn’t lie.

It showed me who I was to you—

And who I forgot to be for me.

(Ohhh…)

[Chorus]

That’s when the light left—

Not all at once, but in aching pieces.

With every moment you saw through me,

I saw through myself.

I kept hoping you'd notice—

But I was never the point,

Just the placeholder.

(Ohh... yeah…)

But now I see the glow in the cracks.

And that light? It’s mine.

[Verse 2]

I bathed in moonlight,

Thinking maybe I could rinse you off my skin.

But memory don’t wash—it lingers.

And love, real love, don’t make you vanish.

It makes you seen.

You left fingerprints on the version of me

Who begged for crumbs.

And now I feed the parts

I once starved to please you.

You only loved me

When I was easier to ignore.

But baby, I got loud.

And I didn’t come back quiet.

(Mmm… let it breathe)

[Chorus]

That’s when the light left—

Slipping between your silence and my surrender.

Right where I stopped showing up for me.

No blame.

Just truth.

(Ohh—say it softly now)

I waited for a return…

But the real return

Was to me.

[Bridge]

I’m not bitter.

I’m clear.