Music idk (I wrote this)

**[Tempo: Slow, reflective]**  **[Instrumentation: Gentle, fingerpicked acoustic guitar]**  **(Verse 1 - Female)** I left the keys on the kitchen sill The ones that opened up our world I tried to build a brand new life Where I was just a different girl But every quiet afternoon The silence whispers what we lost I tried to save myself from us No matter what the final cost  **(Verse 2 - Male)** *[Acoustic guitar switches to a steady, rhythmic strum]* I moved across the county line To walls that didn’t know your face I tried to fill the empty nights By running in a different race But every road I travel down Eventually circles back to you It turns out time don't heal a thing When everything we said was true  **(Chorus - Duet)** *[Harmonies lock in tightly here]* **(Female):** I lit my house aflame **(Male):** Just to feel the warmth of you again **(Female):** I let the ashes fall **(Male):** To wash away the place where we had been **(Both):** Now I’m standing in the smoke, breathing in your name We call it moving on, but it feels just the same Oh, I lit my house aflame  **(Verse 3 - Female)** I saw you walking down the street You looked so whole, you looked so fine  **(Verse 4 - Male)** But underneath this heavy coat I’m barely getting by on mine **(Female):** We said we were a toxic spark **(Male):** We said we had to let it die **(Both):** So why does burning down our world Still bring a tear to my eye?  **(Chorus - Duet)** **(Female):** I lit my house aflame **(Male):** Just to feel the warmth of you again **(Female):** I let the ashes fall **(Male):** To wash away the place where we had been **(Both):** Now I’m standing in the smoke, breathing in your name We call it moving on, but it feels just the same Oh, I lit my house aflame  **(Bridge - Alternating lines, building intensity)** *[Guitar builds up, striking louder chords]* **(Female):** They ask me if I miss the love **(Male):** I tell 'em that I'm doing great **(Female):** But truth is like a hidden match **(Male):** A fire that we can't abate **(Female):** I still love you through the wreckage **(Male):** I still see you through the sparks **(Both):** We are nothing but two ghosts Still dancing softly in the dark  **(Guitar Solo - Melodic, melancholic acoustic picking)**  **(Chorus - Duet)** *[Quiet, stripped back, just voice and a simple strum]* **(Female):** I lit my house aflame **(Male):** Just to feel the warmth of you again **(Female):** I let the ashes fall **(Male):** To wash away the place where we had been *[Full energy returns]* **(Both):** Now I’m standing in the smoke, breathing in your name We call it moving on, but it feels just the same Oh, I lit my house aflame  **(Outro)** *[Guitar slows down to a gentle fade-out scrape]* **(Female):** Just a pile of wood and stone... **(Male):** Burning in the cold alone... **(Both):** Yeah, I lit my house aflame.