The One I Couldn’t Keep - Lanscen.mp3

[00:00.000] 作词 : Shengcai Huang
[00:00.000] 作曲 : Shengcai Huang
[00:00.000]Music and lyrics by Shengcai Huang
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[00:17.635]I saw you running through your golden years,
[00:24.326]A little wild, untouched by fears.
[00:29.186]You were the sacred truth I couldn’t claim,
[00:33.465]The burning ember I could not contain.
[00:39.211]I knew the world would try to dim your light,
[00:43.329]I wished I could guard you from the falling light.
[00:51.338]
[00:51.469]But love is not possession,
[00:53.737]It’s a quiet, aching confession —
[00:56.172]It is the hardest, final concession:
[00:58.489]To keep the memory, not the possession.
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[01:04.671]You’re the one I couldn’t keep,
[01:07.869]But the one I hold when I fall asleep.
[01:12.342]If the world is cruel and cuts you deep,
[01:16.958]I’ll bleed for you in secrets I’ll never speak.
[01:21.534]Though you love someone who won’t love you enough —
[01:27.000]You’ll always be the brightest, purest star.
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[01:39.668]I watched your innocence turning into grace,
[01:43.890]A fragile dawn across your changing face.
[01:48.245]I feared the day you’d give your heart away
[01:52.838]To someone blind to what you are,
[01:57.558]To some shallow stranger who won’t look far.
[02:03.104]I knew your story wouldn’t end like a dream —
[02:07.654]I wished it did, selfish and extreme.
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[02:12.470]And maybe that’s my weakness:
[02:14.815]I wanted to save your sweetness.
[02:17.019]But every soul must walk its road,
[02:20.778]And bear the weight of what it's owed.
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[02:25.453]You’re the one I couldn’t keep,
[02:30.437]But the one I guard when I sink too deep.
[02:35.045]If life grows heavy and your bright days slip,
[02:39.535]I’ll carry your memory like a burning script.
[02:44.105]Even if someone breaks what I tried to shield —
[02:49.710]I’ll still love the girl you were in my field.
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[02:57.715]No, I won’t pretend that I am fine —
[03:02.579]I wanted fate to draw our lines.
[03:07.325]I hated knowing you’d belong
[03:11.377]To someone careless, cold, and wrong.
[03:16.185]But that’s the cost of loving pure:
[03:19.648]To ache for what you can’t secure.
[03:24.403]I’ll stand afar, but I’ll stay true —
[03:29.660]A silent guard who once loved you.
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[03:35.312]And if your future ever turns dark,
[03:39.017]If regret ever bruises your quiet heart,
[03:43.611]Remember — You were the light that changed my sky,
[03:48.269]Even if I was not the one by your side.
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[03:54.129]You’re the one I couldn’t keep,
[03:57.725]But the one I keep in the wounds I sweep.
[04:02.103]Not to haunt me — but to make me strong,
[04:06.623]To teach me pain was never wrong.
[04:11.145]If we meet again in a gentler time,
[04:15.776]I’ll hold your hand and call you mine —
[04:20.543]But if not, let this truth remain:
[04:25.213]You were my joy,
[04:29.647]You were my pain.
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[04:33.101]So walk your road, wherever it leads.
[04:42.122]I’ll love you quietly —
[04:46.802]Beyond desire,
[04:53.010]Beyond need.
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