One Scar, Two Histories

[Verse 1]
They wheeled me in beneath the paper moon,
A borrowed pulse stitched under my ribs.
The nurse said, “Someone loved you enough to leave this,”
Then the monitor counted out what I could not give.

[Pre-Chorus]
At first it beat like a guest in the room,
A second fist knocking against the bone.
Then every time I reached for you,
Its old ache answered as my own.

[Chorus]
I feel you where my heart used to be,
Your joy climbs in and your grief takes the seat.
I love you—though the love came sewn in,
Your hands in my chest, your hurt under my skin.
If I open up, will I still be me?
Or just the life you left beating in me?

[Verse 2]
Your favorite song makes my throat go tight,
I miss a town I’ve never seen.
I wake with your name behind my teeth,
And cry for a stranger in a dream.
You loved somebody before you were gone;
Now I flinch when they say that name.
I want to give this heart back to the dark,
But it keeps choosing you all the same.

[Pre-Chorus]
It kicks when your picture comes into view,
It folds when your old friends talk.
I thought that I was learning to love you—
Now I feel you learning how I walk.

[Chorus]
I feel you where my heart used to be,
Your joy climbs in and your grief takes the seat.
I love you—though the love came sewn in,
Your hands in my chest, your hurt under my skin.
If I open up, will I still be me?
Or just the life you left beating in me?

[Bridge]
Some mornings your sorrow is a warm red tide,
Some mornings your happiness pulls me outside.
I hate that I’m grateful; I hate that I know
The shape of your longing, the weight of your no.
But when I hold them, the ache loosens its grip—
Your heart says stay, and my own answers it.

[Final Chorus]
I feel you where my heart used to be,
Your joy climbs in and your grief takes the seat.
I love you—now the love has grown roots,
Two lives beating hard in one borrowed suit.
If I open up, I can finally see:
You’re not replacing me—you’re changing what “me” can be.

[Outro]
One scar, two histories,
One beat learning how to be free.