MARALYM

[Verse 1]
You wrote your name
In the fog on my glass
M A R A L Y M
Slow letters that never quite pass
You laughed at the shape
Said it looked like a spell
I shrugged it away
But it stuck to my chest

[Chorus]
MARALYM
It burns on the back of my tongue
Like a word I was never allowed
To say out loud when I was young
MARALYM
You echo in the hollow of my ribs
Just a made‑up name that somehow
Knows exactly where I live

[Verse 2]
We carved those marks
In the sand by the pier
M A R A L Y M
Dragging lines till the water drew near
Tide took the shore
But it didn’t take you
I still see the curve
Every time I close my view

[Chorus]
MARALYM
It burns on the back of my tongue
Like a word I was never allowed
To say out loud when I was young
MARALYM
You echo in the hollow of my ribs
Just a made‑up name that somehow
Knows exactly where I live

[Bridge]
What were we calling?
A future?
A ghost?
Some version of us
That never came close?
If I spell you backwards
If I write you in dust
Does the ache rewind
Or stay where it was?

[Chorus]
MARALYM
It burns on the back of my tongue
Like a truth I was never allowed
To say out loud when I was young
MARALYM
You echo in the hollow of my ribs
Just a made‑up name that somehow
Is the only home I have to give