Title: I Stayed Verse 1 I said, “I’m doing fine,” but it was only a line. I smiled at the table, with the devil in my glass. I sold off my nights for a moment of forgetting, broke promises that once were sacred to me. My family believed what I told them, but the truth smelled like fear and cold morning light. Pre-Chorus Every “I’ll quit tomorrow” was just another fall. Chorus I lied, and they felt it. I let them down until there was nothing left. When they walked away, it tore my heart apart, but by then I was already losing myself. Verse 2 The house went quiet, no voices, no fights. Just my own breathing and too much time. I carried the guilt like a stone on my chest, I couldn’t stand myself, but quitting felt impossible. I cursed them and myself right after, because hating was easier than telling the truth. Pre-Chorus Being alone hurts, but not as much as staying and lying. Chorus I lied, and they felt it. I let them down until there was nothing left. When they walked away, I lost everything, and that was where my fight truly began. Bridge The road was long, dirty and cold. Relapses, doubt, a thousand times I almost fell. Some days I only survived, didn’t fight — just endured. But every day without the addiction was a small victory. Final Chorus I won, not loud, not easy. No applause, only scars. The addiction is quiet now, it still whispers sometimes, but I don’t listen anymore — I stand my ground. My family is gone, and it still hurts, but today I can say: I’m alive. I don’t lie anymore. Outro Maybe they’ll never come back. Maybe they will. But I stayed, and that’s enough for today.