Cracked streetlight blinks like thoughts all night
Rooms don’t echo once you kill the fight
Moves through hours like debt unpaid
Silence digs trenches where hope once stayed
Smile at strangers just to pass
Nods like memory slips too fast
Every phrase tossed like a flare
Daring someone to still be there

Used to crave color, now it fades
Like the volume climbs to drown my name

Pause inside lines nobody reads
Ache you hum without melody
Crack in chords built to impress
Right that somehow feels like less
Weight on ribs I can’t deny
Truth that finds me when I hide
If I vanish, no sound, no face
Call it just split-second grace

Street keeps moving, I don’t chase
Bit down pride, forgot the taste
Hands stay low like trust went cold
Pocket full of names I never told
Bridges faded, no flame, just fade
Tears held back like plans betrayed
Faith on flicker, frame to frame
Still I land, just dodge regret

Tried to speak to sky, bit my tongue
Swore I was fine, just came undone

Pause inside lines nobody reads
Ache you hum without melody
Crack in chords built to impress
Right that somehow feels like less
Shadow crawls through my favorite space
Mirror stares back with stranger’s face
If I vanish, no sound, no trace
Call it just split-second grace

Soul drags behind like busted chains
Lived too long in low champagne
Clocks don’t tick where I retreat
Just a hum and old heartbeat
Smile duct-taped, might hold tight
Cracks in walls counting what’s right
Still walk streets without a name
Pretend surrender’s not the same

Not chasing peace, just less noise
No rebirth, just fewer voids
Not trying to win, just to remain
Maybe fade out without the shame

Even shadows lost my scent
Still I fight what never bent

Pause inside lines nobody reads
Ache you hum without melody
Crack in chords built to impress
Right that somehow feels like less
Flicker left when flame slips past
Sound of hope that doesn’t last
If I vanish, no sound, no grace
Call it just split-second grace

Split-second grace
Just a trace
Then erased

split second grace

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