Where my Heart Stayed

WHERE MY HEART STAYED [Intro — Female, almost whispered] I thought I buried you somewhere deep beneath the years... But some loves don't die. They just learn how to disappear. [Verse 1 — Male] I walked through cities without your name, Held other hearts, played different games. I kissed goodbye to a thousand nights, Told myself I had finally moved on with my life. But every time the room went dark, There you were... inside my heart. A ghost I never dared to chase, A memory time could never erase. [Verse 2 — Female] I learned to live with the space you left, Made peace with the things we never said. There were arms around me, there were promises too, But something in me still belonged to you. I never called, I never asked why, I just carried your name quietly inside. And when I thought I had finally let you go, My heart whispered, "You already know." [Pre-Chorus — Both] Maybe we were never meant to stay apart, Maybe time was only testing our hearts. Every road we took, every tear we cried, Was leading us back to the other side. [CHORUS — BOTH, HUGE / CINEMATIC] You are my second chance, After all these years, after all this pain. I found you standing in the ruins, And somehow nothing had changed. There were others, there were lovers, There were nights I called someone else's name... But underneath every goodbye, I was loving you the same. If this is our second chance, Then let the whole world disappear. I've spent half my life without you, I won't spend another year. Because no matter where I ran, No matter who I held... My heart was yours in silence. My heart was yours by itself. [Verse 3 — Male] I still remember the way you looked at me, Before we became two people history. I wonder how many times you almost called, How many nights you stared at our old photographs. Maybe we were young, Maybe we were afraid, Maybe love arrived before we knew its name. But now I see the truth beneath the scars— Some people leave your life, but never leave your heart. [Verse 4 — Female] And I don't want to pretend the years didn't hurt, Or that finding you again makes the past disappear. We lost time that we can never get back, But standing here with you... I don't want to look back. So don't promise me forever tonight, Just take my hand and stay by my side. We've already survived the hardest part— We found our way back to the same beating heart. [Pre-Chorus — Both, building] Maybe we were never meant to stay apart, Maybe broken roads still lead you home. Every tear, every lonely night, Was teaching us what we couldn't know. [CHORUS — BOTH, BIGGER] You are my second chance, After all these years, after all this pain. I found you standing in the ruins, And somehow nothing had changed. There were others, there were lovers, There were dreams that I tried to call my own... But every road I ever walked was secretly leading me home. If this is our second chance, I swear I'll hold you through the fear. I've spent half my life without you, I won't waste another year. Because no matter where I ran, No matter who I held... My heart was yours in silence. My heart was yours by itself. [Bridge — Female, fragile] What if we had met again when we were younger? Would we have stayed? Would we have known? [Male] Maybe we needed every goodbye to understand what we had. [Female] Maybe I needed to lose you... [Male] ...to know I'd never stopped loving you. [Both — whispered] Maybe we were never lost. [Silence] [Female — rising] Maybe we were just waiting... [Male — rising] For the right time... [Both — explosive] TO COME HOME! [FINAL CHORUS — MASSIVE / STRINGS / CHOIR] YOU ARE MY SECOND CHANCE! MY LAST GOODBYE THAT NEVER CAME! AFTER ALL THE YEARS BETWEEN US, I STILL WOULD CHOOSE YOU THE SAME! THERE WERE OTHERS, THERE WERE LOVERS, BUT NONE OF THEM COULD TAKE YOUR PLACE! I COULD SEARCH THIS WORLD FOREVER, AND STILL I'D KNOW YOU BY YOUR FACE! YOU ARE MY SECOND CHANCE! THE LOVE I COULDN'T LEAVE BEHIND! AND IF TOMORROW TAKES EVERYTHING, TONIGHT, I'VE GOT YOU IN MY ARMS. LET THE YEARS FALL! LET THE PAST FADE! LET EVERY BROKEN PIECE OF US FALL BACK INTO PLACE! BECAUSE I LOVED YOU IN THE SILENCE, I LOVED YOU WHEN YOU WERE GONE... AND AFTER ALL THIS TIME, MY LOVE, I'VE FOUND WHERE I BELONG. [Outro — Female] I thought you were my past... [Male] I thought I'd lost you forever... [Both, softly] But you were never my past. [Female] You were the love... [Male] ...my heart was saving. [Both] For now.