the lights stays off

[Intro – Clean, ambient]

The house didn’t shake
No thunder broke the sky
The world just stopped
And nobody asked why
[Verse 1 – Soft vocals, fragile tone]

Thirteen candles
No one blew them out
They just stopped burning
One by one, without a shout

I wore the black
But not on my sleeve
Smiled for the grown-ups
Then hid the need
[Chorus – Clean, repeated slowly, echoing]

And the light stays off
No one flicks the switch
You just get used to walking blind
And never mention it
[Verse 2 – Still clean, darker atmosphere builds]

The silence was louder
Than any goodbye
So I ate my sadness
Instead of asking why

I stacked it deep
Like plates on my chest
If I stayed full
I could ignore the rest
[Chorus – Slightly heavier, more layered]

And the light stays off
No one talks about the cold
So you wrap it up in sugar
And carry what you’re told
[Verse 3 – Spoken or very low sung, emotionally broken tone]

I never said your name again
Because no one else did
I kept you safe in silence
Like a secret I hid

And all the words
I should’ve cried
Became the weight
I hold inside
[Final Chorus – Clean + ambient, voice close and intimate]

And the light stays off
But I see you in the dark
Not healed, not whole — but honest
Still holding that first mark
[Outro – Whispered, ambient decay]

The light stays off...
But I remember your face.
Even if I never knew how to say goodbye.