Gravity Without You

I used to measure distance by the silence in your eyes
Count the seconds falling like a slow goodbye
Every word we whispered turned to static in my head
Now the echoes answer everything we never said

I trace the shape of you in empty air
Like a habit I still wear
Every doorway feels too wide
Every night I choose your side

If love is just a shadow on the wall
Why do I still see it when I fall

You were my gravity
Holding me steady
Keeping my world from drifting away
Now I’m in freefall
No one to catch me
Spinning in circles of yesterday
You were my gravity
Now I’m just learning
How to stand without you
Breathing without you
Living without you here

I still wake up reaching for your name
Like it’s written in my veins
Muscle memory pulls me back
To the warmth we couldn’t save

Every streetlight flickers like a sign
Every stranger looks like you sometimes
I try to outrun what we were
But love moves faster in the dark

If letting go is meant to set me free
Why does freedom feel so far from me

You were my gravity
Holding me steady
Keeping my world from drifting away
Now I’m in freefall
No one to catch me
Spinning in circles of yesterday
You were my gravity
Now I’m just learning
How to stand without you
Breathing without you
Living without you here

Maybe I gave you too much power
Maybe I built my world around your heart
Maybe the sky was never falling
Maybe it’s just the quiet after dark

I’m still afraid of who I’ll be
When your memory loosens its hold on me

You were my gravity
Holding me steady
Keeping my world from drifting away
Now I’m still falling
But I’m not breaking
Learning to carry my own weight
You were my gravity
Now I’m discovering
How to rise without you
Shine without you
Burn without you near

I’m not weightless anymore
I’m just lighter than before
And even if you’re not around
I’m finding solid ground
I’m finding solid ground