Verse 1 – HER
I bent my truth to fit your lies
Turned my strength into compromise
Gave you pieces I can’t replace
Just to keep you in my space
Stayed too long in what felt wrong
Called it love, but I was gone
Lost my voice just to belong
Now I see how blind I was
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Verse 2 – HIM
I had your heart within my hands
Didn’t try to understand
Thought you’d always be around
Never heard your silent sounds
Took your love like it was free
Never saw what it could be
Now your absence makes it clear
You were everything right here
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Pre-Chorus – BOTH (soft overlap)
HER: I was holding on while breaking down
HIM: I was too blind to see it then
HER: I won’t lose myself just to keep you now
HIM: Now I’d give it all to try again
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Chorus – BOTH (powerful contrast)
HER:
So I let you go, I chose my name
Walked through fire, I felt the pain
Every tear just made me strong
I found where I belong
HIM (under/after):
I let you slip, I played a game
Now I’m the one who feels the pain
Every night I say your name
But it’s too late to call
BOTH:
I thought we’d never fall apart
Now we’re standing worlds apart
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Verse 3 – HER
Silence used to haunt my nights
Now it feels like peace inside
No more begging love to stay
I don’t chase what walks away
You were never mine to keep
Just a lesson I had to meet
Now I know what I deserve
And I won’t go back again
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Verse 4 – HIM
I see you now in someone’s light
Stronger, glowing, out of sight
You became what I ignored
Everything I can’t restore
If I knew what I know now
I’d have loved you better somehow
But I lost you in my pride
Now I’m alone with what I denied
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Bridge – CALL & RESPONSE
HIM: Can we go back? Can we rewind?
HER: I already left that life behind
HIM: I’ve changed, I swear, I see it clear
HER: I needed you… you weren’t there
HIM: I still love you, don’t you see?
HER: I love me more—that’s why I’m free
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Final Chorus – BOTH (climax)
HER:
Yeah, I let you go, I took my power
Turned my weakest into power
Built a life you couldn’t see
Now it’s bigger, it’s braver, it’s me
HIM:
And I lost you, now I know
What it means to let love go
I was blind, I couldn’t see
You were everything to me
BOTH (final line together, different meaning):
I didn’t lose… I chose…
HER: me
HIM: you
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Outro (soft split)
HER: I chose my peace, I chose my truth
HIM: I lost it all when I lost you
HER: I found a life where I can breathe
HIM: Now I’m left with memories
