Verse 1
We built a house outta almosts
Outta “someday” and “we’ll see”
Every promise felt heavy
Like it was leaning on me
I learned how to talk in silence
How to fight without raising my voice
How to lose every argument
Just to feel like I had a choice
[low, talk‑sung, breath in the voice]
Pre-Chorus
You called it love
I called it delay
There’s a difference
When you’re the one who pays
[let “pays” fall, slight rasp]
Chorus
I don’t hate you
I just got tired of bleeding
For a future that never wanted
All of me
If walking away is courage
Then let this be my release
I don’t hate you
I just chose to disappear
Yeah… I chose peace
[full chest, let “peace” crack]
Verse 2
I memorized all your defenses
Every way you’d turn cold
How silence became your language
Whenever the truth got too bold
I kept watering a ghost garden
Waiting on something to grow
But love shouldn’t feel like holding breath
Just to keep from letting go
[rasp creeps in on “ghost garden”]
Pre-Chorus
You said, “this is how I am”
Like that settles the score
But love ain’t just surviving
What hurts you more
Chorus
I don’t hate you
I just got tired of bleeding
For a future that never wanted
All of me
If walking away is courage
Then let this be my release
I don’t hate you
I just chose to disappear
Yeah… I chose peace
[Bridge strip it way down]
I stayed longer than I should
‘Cause leaving felt like defeat
But staying felt like teaching my heart
How to quietly retreat
This ain’t anger
It’s clarity
This ain’t losing
It’s honesty
[half‑spoken, last line belted]
[Final Chorus big, surrendered]
I don’t hate you
I just stopped trying to bleed
For a future that never wanted
All of me
If walking away is courage
Then let this be my release
I don’t hate you
I just chose to disappear
Yeah… I chose peace
[*(layered “yeah… mmh… oh Lord…”]
[Outro almost whispered]
Some doors don’t slam
They close quietly
And that’s how I knew
It was time to leave
Tonenico
