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When I'm Gone

22

Singer/Songwriter

When I'm Gone was released on May 1, 2026 by X-5 Music as a part of the album When I'm Gone - Single

Song Details

AlbumWhen I'm Gone - Single

Release DateMay 1, 2026

LabelX-5 Music

LanguageEnglish

Melodicness

Acousticness

Valence

Danceability

Energy

BPM76

OVERVIEW

LYRICS

Credits

PERFORMING ARTISTS

Scott Shirley

Vocals

COMPOSITION & LYRICS

Scott Shirley

Songwriter

PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING

Scott Shirley

Producer

Lyrics

I've been staring at the ceiling like it's spelling out my fate

Tracing every crack like it decides if I get erased

I've been tryna leave a mark that doesn't wash off in the sink

But everything I do just disappears faster than I think

Would you keep me in your phone or delete me for the space?

Would my name feel like a ghost if you don't see my face?

Would you play the songs I made or just skip past the pain

Like I'm just another phase you don't care to explain?

If I stop showing up, would you even notice first?

Or would silence fit me better like it always fucking does?

When I'm gone, will you still remember me?

Or let me fade out like I never got to be?

When I'm gone, will you share our memories?

Or keep 'em buried where nobody ever sees?

When I'm gone, will you say I changed your life?

Or just say I struggled, couldn't win the fight?

Tell me honestly before I disappear

Do I matter now or only when I'm not here?

I got friends I'd die for that don't really know me

We just laugh through the damage like it's something we don't see

Turn the worst parts of me into something we can joke

While I'm barely holding on and calling it a cope

And my family says they love me, but they don't hear the tone

Every time I try to talk, I feel more alone

So I mastered being fine, yeah, I play it like a role

While I'm rotting from the inside, trying not to let it show

If I vanish for a while, would you check or let it slide?

Would you think that I'm just busy or finally read the signs?

When I'm gone, will you still remember me?

Or let me fade out like I never got to be?

When I'm gone, will you share our memories?

Or keep 'em buried where nobody ever sees?

When I'm gone, will you say I changed your life?

Or just say I struggled, couldn't win the fight?

Tell me honestly before I disappear

Do I matter now or only when I'm not here?

Don't wait 'til I'm a picture in a frame to care

Don't say you love me louder when I'm not there

Don't clean me up just to make it easier to grieve

You had the real me, you just didn't wanna see

You just didn't wanna see

The room is full of flowers, but they don't smell the same

And I see you in the corner, yeah, you're crying at my name

There's a picture on the table, yeah, I hate that one you chose

Man, I always said I looked weird in those clothes

You're all telling all my stories like I'm still around

Laughing 'bout the old days while they lower down

And I'm screaming from the silence, but it never makes a sound

I've been asking all these questions like I still got time

Like I'm not standing here watching you say goodbye

Like I didn't already leave without a warning sign

I've been gone this whole time

I'm gone, you still remember me

But only now you're saying what I needed you to see

I'm gone, now you share our memories

But I'm not there to hear what you all say about me

I'm gone, now you say I changed your life

Now you say you saw the darkness in my eyes

You're being honest now that I've disappeared

Guess I mattered more once I wasn't here

Written by: Scott Shirley

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