Verse 1

We light candles with borrowed name

For silent girls, for borrowed flames

They learned to smile, they learned to bend

They learned that love is how you end

No headlines, no final scene

Just empty rooms kept clean, kept clean

They folded dreams like wedding lace

And vanished slow without a trace

Pre-Chorus

Listen close, the night still hums

With all the words that never come

Chorus

This is a requiem for the unseen

For the almost-girls, the in-betweens

For the ones who lived, for the ones who stayed

But left themselves along the way

Sing it low, don’t wake the room

Some wounds don’t bleed, they bloom

This is a requiem, soft and slow

For the souls we’ll never know

Verse 2

Some wore rings, some wore fear

Some slept light for half a year

Some prayed God would change his mind

Some learned to die in real time

They called it love, they called it fate

They called it patience, learn to wait

But waiting rots you from the bone

When every night you’re not alone

Pre-Chorus

If you hear glass in every kiss

That’s something breaking you’ll dismiss

Chorus

This is a requiem for the unseen

For the cracked porcelain queens

For the ones who screamed inside their heads

While lying next to living dead

Sing it soft, sing it true

Some ghosts are made of living you

This is a requiem, no applause

Just names erased without a cause

Bridge

Some men die loud, framed as lost

Some women pay a lifelong cost

They say “survivor” like it’s clean

Like it don’t stain your every dream

No blood on hands, no halo gone

Just empty mirrors they moved on

But I remember. I remain.

I sing the damage. I keep the pain.

Break (spoken / whispered)

Not every funeral has a body.

Not every death gets a song.

Final Chorus (stripped, almost a chant)

This is a requiem for the unseen

For every woman in-between

If you’re breathing but you’re gone

This song is where you still belong

No flowers laid, no saving grace

Just smoke and time and borrowed space

This is a requiem, low and slow

For the ones the night won’t let go

Outro

When the club goes dark

And the last note dies

Some souls don’t leave

They just…

Learn how to hide.