The Promise to Say When

I’m waiting here for you, ever alone,
lost in the echoes of a song I once knew.
Singing out of my head, you bellow—
a voice that lingers, a ghost I can't undo.
I join along, caught in your melody’s sway,
knowing that everything will never
be this good again, never this way.

When she sings, I breathe out,
hoping to release you from my mind,
but out of my head, you sing,
a haunting refrain that refuses to unwind.
And I wonder, when I sing along with you,
will everything you do return again
when I promise to say when?

Got to promise to say stop,
when I say when—
but the words are stuck,
the lines blur, and I bend
to the rhythm of your lingering tune,
dancing in shadows, a love that consumes.

I’m tangled in your song,
the one that pulls me along,
and I wonder if this time,
I can let go and move on.
But every note is a thread,
every breath, a regret—
of promises made, of chances unmet.

If I say stop, will you truly let go?
Or will I find myself lost
in your echoes below?
For everything you do is a tether,
a chain of memories that won’t sever,
and I’m left here singing,
waiting for you, forever.

When she sings, I try to let you out,
but your melody is a noose,
a whisper turned to a shout.
I need to promise to say stop
when I say when—
but I’m caught in this loop,
and it all begins again.

So sing me out of my head,
let me promise and pretend,
that I’ll stop when I say when,
but I know I’ll stay,
waiting here for you,
forever alone,
singing the song that never ends.