Not Who I Was

[Create a Main feeling: love as an addiction, conscious, painful, honest. Tempo: medium tempo, deep/dark pop/pulse with Afro influences. Vocals: close to the microphone, phrases sometimes cut off. Afro house / minimal / hypnotic / Make the best possible music track. Female strong vocal with a deep, warm, soulful tone. Organic, emotional, human voice with a rich low register. Influenced by modern soul, neo-soul, Afro-soul and gospel traditions. Intimate delivery with quiet intensity, emotional restraint, and vulnerability. Slight rasp and breath in the voice, imperfect and raw. Feels honest, grounded, and deeply emotional. Music style: deep, dark pop with soul elements, slow groove, cinematic atmosphere.] [Intro — pulse, breath, low groove / (soft kick, heartbeat-like bass)]
 [Intro — broken breath, filtered voice] [Verse 1] You see me now — 
a quiet flame in open air, 
steady breath, 
a softened stare. You think this calm was born in light, 
you never heard 
the dark of night. [Pre-Chorus] I don’t speak of what I lost, 
some truths are paid, 
not crossed. [Chorus] You don’t know me, 
don’t know who I was. I learned to breathe 
where everything fell apart. [Verse 2] I disappeared in borrowed days, 
forgot my name, 
forgot my face. I stayed where love was thin as dust, 
called survival 
something like trust. [Pre-Chorus 2] I let the silence teach my bones 
how to stand 
when I was alone. [Chorus] You don’t know me, 
don’t know who I was. I learned to breathe 
where everything fell apart. [Bridge (almost whispered)] I’m not broken — 
I was reshaped. 
By every door 
I couldn’t save. [Final Chorus (more open, restrained)] You don’t know me, 
you see the light I learned to hold. I learned to breathe 
inside the cold, 
where everything 
fell apart. [Outro (very quiet, close)] You see me now. 
That’s all you know.