youkeptgoing

We met when the noise was still far away

Backseat dreams and a cheap café

You said one day they'll know your name

I said, "baby, I'll love you the same."

Then the flashbulbs came and the calls got late

You moved through doors I couldn't face

Now your life's a film with a brighter cast

And I'm a scene that didn't last

Every headline feels like déjà vu

You became the truth I outgrew

I scroll through moments like they're mine

But the algorithm lies sometimes

You kept going — I stayed still

You found heaven, I found pills

You found peace, I lost sleep

You climbed out, I fell deep

You built a world I can't get in

I'm just a story you won't re-spin

You kept going — I stood still

You found heaven, I found pills

Your voice on talk shows sounds rehearsed

I knew the version that came first

Now your smile's in every frame

But I can't tell if it knows my name

I kept your old texts like rosary beads

Counting regrets until they bleed

You built a house on what we burned

Guess you learned what I unlearned

You've got love, you've got lights

I've got ghosts that talk at night

You've got stories, I've got scars

You shine brighter — I fade far

You kept going — I stayed still

You found heaven, I found pills

You found peace, I lost sleep

You climbed out, I fell deep

Now you've got the life we said we would

And I'm still lost in the neighborhood

You kept going — I stood still

You found heaven, I found pills