KHAOS – Old Messages

Disclaimer, the image is generated with Genspark Ai. Music made with NI (Native Instruments) not Ai Some vocal elements have been augmented with Suno, not lyrics, only vocals. [Verse 1] I don’t envy the bird behind bars That never knew the open sky Never watched the summer turn to gold Never had a reason to fly It never felt the freedom first Never knew what it had lost It never paid the quiet price Of wanting more than it was taught [Verse 2] I don’t envy those who never care Who cross the line and sleep just fine Who break their word, then disappear And leave the wreckage for someone else to find No guilt that wakes them at three a.m. No old regrets they can’t outrun No conscience keeping score at night No damage done, no damage undone [Pre-Chorus] I once believed a heart should risk Everything it has to give That a life untouched by love Is no life worth living [Chorus] They say it’s better to have loved and lost Than never to have loved at all But they don’t lie awake in an empty bed Or hear the silence in these walls They don’t scroll through old messages Or see your face in every crowd They say that love was worth the cost I’m not so certain now [Verse 3] Your photographs are buried in the cloud Your number’s gone, your name remains The playlist that we made together Still finds a way to bring me pain I boxed the letters, changed the locks Deleted every trace I could But memory doesn’t need a key And forgetting never worked the way it should [Pre-Chorus] I used to think the heart that never risks Must be a heart that’s never grown Now I envy all the things that never loved Because they never grieve alone [Chorus] They say it’s better to have loved and lost Than never to have loved at all But they don’t lie awake in an empty bed Or hear the silence in these walls They don’t scroll through old messages Or see your face in every crowd They say that love was worth the cost I’m not so certain now [Bridge] Maybe the bird was lucky Never knowing what it missed Maybe there’s a kind of freedom In a life that never risks Maybe I could have walked away Before you ever learned my name No memories to pull apart No ashes where I had a heart I know what love once gave me I know what love has cost And standing here with nothing left— I wonder what I would have lost [Breakdown] No first kiss No last goodbye No promises That slowly die No empty room No shattered trust No learning love Can turn to dust [Final Chorus] They say it’s better to have loved and lost Than never to have loved at all But I have lived through every word And watched the whole damn kingdom fall If I could stand before that door Before the first time you touched my hand Would I still walk into your arms? Would I still make those plans? [Outro] I used to say it was worth the cost I used to say that love was all Now I know what I would choose— It’s better never to have loved at all Than ever to have loved and lost.