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Before the Damage

15Rock2026

Song Details

Before the Damage was released on October 2, 2026 by NostalgicVibez as a part of the album The Observer

AlbumThe Observer

October 2, 2026

LabelNostalgicVibez

LanguageEnglish

BPM107

Melodicness

Acousticness

Valence

Danceability

Energy

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Lyrics

I wish you could have met me before the damage

Before I learned to brace for love like it's a disadvantage

Before the exits, before the scar tissue

I wish you could have met me before all the things

That made me difficult to hold on to

There was a version that didn't check your tone for safety signals

Didn't read the pause before your answer

For the things that people signal

When they're pulling back

That version hadn't learned the translation yet

She'd have loved you loud and clean without the ongoing threat

Assessment running in the background every time you're kind

That version didn't know that kind concern

Didn't have the kind of mind

That builds an exit route before it's even needed

She'd have stayed the whole night easy

She'd have never second-guessed the sweetest

And I'm not broken

I wanna be clear about that before I say the rest

I'm just the version that came through the other side

Slightly compressed

I wish you could have met me before the damage

Before I learned to brace for love like it's a disadvantage

Before the exits, before the scar tissue

I wish you could have met me before all the things

That made me difficult to hold on to

(Difficult, difficult to hold on to)

(Before the damage)

The thing about the damage is it also built some things I like

The patience, the precision, the ability to read the light

Shifting in a room before the shift becomes a weather system

The knowing when to hold and when to let it run its rhythm

But I'd trade some of the knowing for

The version before it was required

I'd trade some of the careful for the openness before I got tired

Of being surprised by how love ends

I'd go back and arrive at you before the exits

Maybe we'd have had a better chance to thrive

And I'm not blaming anyone

I wanna be clear about that part

I'm just presenting you with what was left of the original heart

I wish you could have met me before the damage

Before I learned to brace for love like it's a disadvantage

Before the exits, before the scar tissue

I wish you could have met me before all the things

That made me difficult to hold on to

(Difficult, difficult to hold on to)

(Before the damage)

But you met me now

And now is what I have to give you

And now is all the damage

And all the things the damage left behind

And I'm hoping that the now version

Is enough for the before version

That you can see her in there

Past the careful, past the brace

Past the scar

She's in here still

She just comes with context now

She just comes with all the things

That taught her how to wait

You met me after the damage

And I'm choosing to offer what I have now

Exits and scar tissue and all

You met me here and here might be enough

(Here might, here might, here might be enough)

(Difficult, difficult to hold on to)

(Before the damage, before the damage)

This is what's left

It's enough

Written by: ZARA MARTINS

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