You Don’t Need Me
© 2025 R3Zondo

shadows crawl beneath the door
silence says what words ignored
i gave you all, and nothing stayed
you slipped right through the vows we made

now the light don’t touch these walls
and i’m still answering phantom calls
your name is ink beneath my skin
a wound that doesn’t let me in

i begged the night to turn you back
but it only whispered what i lacked
i reached for love that won’t return
still staring at the bridge i burned

you don’t need me, never did
i was just a place to rest, a place to hide
you don’t see me, not the truth
just a shadow standing at the edge of youth
you don’t need me
and that’s what cuts the deepest clean
you don’t need me
not in your world, not in your dreams

i held my breath for one last sound
but hearts like yours don’t turn around
you drew the line in stone, not sand
and left me holding your ghost’s hand

time won’t heal if truth won’t speak
and grace can’t reach where pride runs deep
i let you go, but still i wait
like some fool bargaining with fate

you don’t need me, don’t pretend
you closed that door i can’t defend
you don’t see me, like before
just a name you scratched into a floor
you don’t need me
and i don’t need this pain again
you don’t need me
so why do i still say amen?

you don’t need me…
but i still remember when…

(Summary)

You Don’t Need Me, is about the quiet pain of realizing someone you loved has moved on without you. It’s that moment of clarity where you’re no longer needed, not out of cruelty, but change. I wrote this to process the ache of letting go, the helplessness of loving someone who’s already gone in spirit. It’s a song for anyone who’s been left behind emotionally, told through intimate piano and a voice full of haunted reflection.

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You Don’t Need Me

🎶 From Cassette Tapes to Creating My Own Sound 🎶

When I was a kid, music was more than background noise, it was my escape, my teacher, and my first real love. I’d sit with two cassette players, playing the Beatles on one and singing into the other, trying my best to match artists like Paul McCartney or Barbara Streisand’s range (sometimes successfully, sometimes not so much) 🤣. Homework could wait, lyrics in my wide rule notebooks couldn’t.

Life took me through winding roads, retail, hospitality, consulting, caregiving, but music never stopped calling. 45 years later, after many personal losses, and loosing one of my sons last year, I turned back to songwriting as therapy. Every song I create starts with raw lyrics, usually scribbled in one shot as I choreograph in my mind, then evolves into a fully produced track through hours of refining vocal coding,  instrumentation, and feel. I blend personal stories with AI driven music tools, letting technology and emotion work together to capture what I hear and see in my head and heart.

Now, I’m finally sharing it. Not perfect, not polished to death, just real. This is me, finally putting the music out there for you to hear.
Peace & Love ❤️ 


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