Still Waiting

Intro – soft, almost whispered

Yeah...

I keep the light on

Just in case...

Verse 1 – Rap

3 a.m. and the silence is louder than it should be

Phone face-down but I'm still checking like you could be

Typing... then you leave me on read like it's nothing

I laugh it off in public, but alone I'm just crumbling

Your hoodie still hangs in the closet like it belongs here

I wear it sometimes just to feel like you're near

We used to talk for hours about futures and fears

Now I write you paragraphs that you'll never even hear

I replay the last night like a movie on loop

The way you said "I'm fine" with that quiet, soft truth

I should've fought harder, should've asked you to stay

But pride got the best of me and you just walked away

Chorus – R&B, slow and aching

I'm still waiting on a call that never comes

Still saving your seat like you might walk through the door

I keep your name in my mouth like a prayer I can't say

And every night I fall asleep hoping you'll stay

But you're somewhere else now, living light and free

While I'm stuck in the quiet, still missing the "we"

I don't need the whole world... I just needed you

And the hardest part is knowing

You don't need me too

Verse 2 – Rap

I see your smile in strangers and it knocks the air out

I hear your laugh in songs and I have to turn them out

Friends say "move on," like it's easy to erase

But how do you forget the person who knew every face

You used to hold me when the dark felt too heavy

Now the dark just holds me and it never gets ready

I left the last voice note saved like a secret

Play it when I'm weakest just to feel you for a minute

I wonder if you ever drive past my street

If you ever think of us when the night feels incomplete

I hope you're happy... God, I hope you're okay

But selfishly I still wish you missed me the same way

Chorus – R&B

I'm still waiting on a call that never comes

Still saving your seat like you might walk through the door

I keep your name in my mouth like a prayer I can't say

And every night I fall asleep hoping you'll stay

But you're somewhere else now, living light and free

While I'm stuck in the quiet, still missing the "we"

I don't need the whole world... I just needed you

And the hardest part is knowing

You don't need me too

Bridge – soft R&B, almost spoken

If I could go back...

I'd hold on tighter

I'd say the words I swallowed

I'd stay up later

I'd fight the quiet

Instead of letting it win

But time don't rewind

And you don't call

So I just sit here

With the ghost of it all

Final Chorus – more fragile, breaking

I'm still waiting on a call that never comes...

Still saving your seat...

Still saying your name...

Still hoping you'll stay

But you're gone

And I'm still here

Loving someone

Who doesn't even know

I'm still waiting...

Outro – fading

Yeah...

I keep the light on

Just in case...

Just in case.