I hide my tears behind a screen Pretend I sleep, pretend I dream But every night it floods again Your name, your face, the never-when They say: Be strong, I fake a nod But strength won’t bring you back, my God I laugh at jokes I never hear – I'm just surviving year to year I'm crying – but no one sees Drowning in the quiet, on my knees You’re gone, and I'm still breaking slow Smiling for a world that doesn’t know I scream your name in silent rooms Where love still hangs like faded perfume I'm crying – but it’s all inside Bleeding where the shadows hide I walk the streets we used to share Now every corner pulls your stare Your laugh still echoes in my mind A cruel, kind ghost I cannot find I talk to walls, I talk to smoke Wearing every word you spoke And every day I wear this mask A haunted man behind the glass I'm crying – but no one sees Drowning in the quiet, on my knees You’re gone, and I'm still breaking slow Smiling for a world that doesn’t know I scream your name in silent rooms Where love still hangs like faded perfume I'm crying – but it’s all inside Bleeding where the shadows hide They say: Move on But how do you leave Someone Who never really left? I'm crying – not in tears you trace But in the silence of your place You’re gone, I know, and yet I stay A ghost that never fades away I'm crying – and that’s my truth A quiet grief that sings for you