[Verse 1]

Ten days in, the sky broke wide

Her voice cracked, “He’s gone,” and part of her died

Seventeen years in a single scream

I caught her pain like a broken dreamzl

She drifted in with trembling hands

Eyes full of ghosts I’d never understand

Night after night, I stayed through the storm

Brushed her hair, kept her warm

[Pre-Chorus]

She was drowning in a silence too deep to break

But I loved every shadow her soul couldn’t fake

[Chorus]

She doesn’t remember the nights I stayed

When her world gave out and her light decayed

How I held her close through the endless rain

Kissed her scars and swallowed her pain

She said “I do” with a trembling vow

I gave her forever, but she’s gone now

And one day she left, like a ghost in the wind

Now I’m clinging to a love she’ll never feel again

I’m the one left…

Tryin’ to heal

[Verse 2]

She wore her grief like a veil of stone

Eyes gone heavy, but I called them home

I gave her space, gave her time to mend

Loved the woman she was, and the boy she’d defend

The wedding was soft, her smile was strained

Her hands in mine, still anchored to pain

I thought love could sew the wounds shut tight

But even the saved still run from the light

[Pre-Chorus]

She left no note, no tear, no sound

Just the weight of love crashing down

[Chorus]

She doesn’t remember the way I bled

While she cried herself empty in our bed

How I whispered through her silent screams

Built a life on borrowed dreams

She wore my ring like it might fix the seams

But love can’t wake someone lost in their dreams

And one day she vanished, quiet and clean

Left me chasing a memory she’d never mean

Now I’m stuck here…

Tryin’ to heal

[Bridge]

Maybe she’ll forget the weight I bore

The nights I knelt on her bedroom floor

But I carry every breath she broke

Every word she never spoke

Her laughter’s a scar I still retrace

Her silence, a ghost I can’t replace

I gave her my soul, without regret

But I became the man she chose to forget

[Final Chorus – soft, stripped back then swelling]

She doesn’t remember the man who stayed

But I feel every promise she made

From her shattered heart to that white dress grace

To the silent goodbye she didn’t face

She loved me once, or maybe she tried

But her pain pulled her to the other side

Now I’m living in a love she couldn’t reveal

And I’m the one left…

Too broken to heal

© 2026 Thomas Bruggemann, Heartfelt Lyrics