[Verse 1]

You take a breath before you speak

And I’m already feeling weak

There’s a pause I can’t explain

And I let it turn to pain

 

You look away for just a second

My heart starts making up a weapon

I fill the silence with a thread

That pulls me somewhere we never said

 

[Pre-Chorus]

I know it’s not what’s really there

But fear gets loud when love gets bare

 

[Chorus]

I get these stories in my head

You’re pulling back, you’re almost dead

To what we are, to what we’ve been

Like I’m already losing you again

 

I turn your quiet into doubt

Build a fire from nothing now

You’re just standing there instead

But I get these stories in my head

 

[Verse 2]

A change in tone, a slower text

My mind jumps twenty chapters next

A simple day becomes goodbye

And I don’t even know why

 

You say you’re fine, I hear goodbye

You say you’re tired, I hear a lie

It’s like my heart’s on high alert

Protecting me before I’m hurt

 

[Pre-Chorus]

I wish I trusted what I see

Instead of what’s been haunting me

 

[Chorus]

I get these stories in my head

You don’t want this, you just pretend

You’re halfway out, you’re almost gone

And I’m the only holding on

 

I make a storm out of your breath

Turn “not now” into “not yet”

You’re just living like you did

But I get these stories in my head

 

[Bridge]

Maybe it’s not you leaving

Maybe it’s old echoes speaking

Maybe love is steady, slow

And I just don’t know

 

Maybe silence isn’t war

Maybe it’s just quiet at the door

Maybe I can let it be

And let you stay with me

 

[Final Chorus]

I get these stories in my head

But they don’t have to write the end

You’re still here, you’re still mine

And not every shadow is a sign

 

I can breathe before I run

I don’t have to come undone

I don’t have to misread

Every little thing you said

 

Yeah, I get these stories in my head

But they don’t get to win

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© 2026 Thomas Bruggemann, Heartfelt Lyrics