Tell me, my baby, is it quiet up there?
Do you float through the stars without worry or care?
The room where you left me was colder than stone—
I held you so briefly, then grieved you alone.
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[Chorus]
You’ll never quite know the weight of my tears,
The sound of my cries that nobody hears.
The dream that I held was gone when I woke,
And I broke in a way that can’t be unbroke.
You’ll never quite know how much I loved you…
And the quiet that came when I lost you too soon.
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[Verse 2]
The lights were too bright, the room was too bare,
No voices, no footsteps, just cold, sterile air.
No hand reached for mine as I bore you in pain,
Just me and the silence, and tears like rain.
I whispered your name in a shivering breath,
Surrounded by stillness, by sorrow, by death.
And all I could do was break where I lay,
Alone with my grief as you slipped away.
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[Chorus]
You’ll never quite know the weight of my tears,
The sound of my cries that nobody hears.
The dream that I held was gone when I woke,
And I broke in a way that can’t be unbroke.
You’ll never quite know how much I loved you…
And the quiet that came when I lost you too soon.
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[Bridge – Extended with Bassinet & Brother]
Your clothes still hung soft in the pale nursery light,
Little bows, tiny socks, all folded just right.
The bassinet waited, so quiet, so still—
By the edge of my bed, where time couldn’t heal.
I rocked it sometimes, though you never lay there,
Whispered your name to the empty air.
And piece by piece, I packed it away,
Each fold a goodbye I never got to say.
Your brother was tiny, just learning to crawl,
Still needing my arms, so fragile and small.
I rocked him with love and a hollowed-out chest,
While grieving the one I could never have dressed.
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[Final Chorus]
You’ll never quite know the ache in my chest,
Or how every day I pretend I’m at rest.
They say you’re in peace—I just wish I could be…
But a piece of me died when you couldn’t breathe.
You’ll never quite know how much I still miss you…
And the silence that stayed when the world moved on too.
