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I’LL BE WATCHING YOU


I dream at night, I can only see your face

I look around, but it's you I can't replace

So many people come 

and go

So many people 

I forgot

I got over 

in a matter of weeks

Yet you haunt 

me

Your face present in every dream

Dreams 

where we live a 

happy ending

When you’re not picking others 

over me

Yet Im left cold

Longing 

for your

 embrace

 

How my poor heart aches

With every step you take?

Every time I think 

we're moving 

forward

For every 

inch

For every 

step

You 

send us spiraling back

Down the staircase 

of whatever you call this

Why can’t 

you 

choose me

I’m left with this 

sickening feeling

twisted 

heart ache

You want my love

But 

not my presence 

in your life

 

Every smile you fake

Every claim you stake

You claim to do better

And I believe 

you

Sometimes I wonder 

Am I 

a burden

Maybe 

your 

chore

Yet you stake 

your 

claim on my heart

Fleeting smiles

Now feel fake

 

Every breath you take

I can’t resist to still imagine your lips touch mines

 

Every bond you break

Makes my heart crumble and want to resent you

 

Every step you take

Yet I still sit reminiscing every moment knowing no matter if you go-

 

I'll be watching you

 

Process Note:I love 80s music its been such a big part of my life and healing from the troubling

processses of my life. So I couldn’t pass up the opportunity to use one of my fav songs

Song Name:Every Breath You Take-The Police

The album as well was reference for the coloring idea.

 

 
 
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PersonalThemeAbstract

Deeply personal heartbreak and unrequited love, autobiographical emotional experience.

SparseMeasureDense

Multiple overlapping ideas: obsession, rejection, self-doubt, hope. Dense emotional content.

DarkSentimentBright

Predominantly anguished, despairing, with moments of yearning but no genuine positivity.

StillEnergyExplosive

Urgent, obsessive repetition and escalating emotional intensity; restless pacing.

MicroLengthEpic

Approximately 28 lines; falls in 16-30 range.

PlainFigurativeOrnamented

Metaphors (staircase, crumble), personification (heart aches), rich sensory imagery.

LyricVoiceDramatic

Pure lyric first-person internal voice; direct emotional confession without dramatic distance.

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