Solene Noir, The Soul Jazz Era - Too Late to Stay

You left without a warning Like a storm that crossed the sea Took your promises and shadows And left the silence here with me I spent nights collecting pieces Of the heart you let fall through Learning how to hold my own hand When there was no trace of you And every tear became a lesson Every wound became a door Now you're standing at my doorstep Saying all the things I dreamed you'd say But I don't need those words anymore You came back when I stopped waiting When I finally found my way I don't hate you I just don't belong to yesterday And it's too late to stay You say you made a mistake now You say you finally understand But the girl who needed saving Learned to stand on her own instead I built a life from quiet mornings And nights that taught me how to heal Found a strength beneath the heartbreak Found a love that felt more real And every scar became a story Every ending made me grow Now you're standing at my doorstep Saying all the things I dreamed you'd say But I don't need those words anymore You came back when I stopped waiting When I finally found my way I don't hate you I just don't belong to yesterday And it's too late to stay I forgive you for the leaving For the promises you broke But forgiveness isn't longing And it isn't hope Some doors close like a whisper Some hearts learn to let go Not because they stopped believing But because they finally know Now you're standing at my doorstep Looking like the man I used to know But I'm not the girl you left before I found peace inside the silence Found my light beyond the storm And I won't trade who I've become For who I was before No I won't stay in yesterday You came back But I came back to myself