You say you’re trying, I see the weight
Every promise bends when you hesitate
I hold my breath every time you pull away
Tell myself tomorrow you’ll finally stay
You look at me like I’m almost home
Like you want me but you’re scared to be known
I give you space, I give you time
But I’m breaking trying to read your mind
I don’t need perfect, I don’t need safe
I just need you to choose me the same
I’m standing right here, heart in my hands
While you decide who you think you are
I’m waiting on you
To give me everything
Not pieces, not maybes, not half of your heart
I’m waiting on you
To stop being afraid
To love me out loud instead of in the dark
I’d give you the world if you’d just let me in
But I’m tired of waiting on you to begin
I smile when you leave, then I fall apart
Count all the nights you live in my thoughts
I defend you when they say I deserve more
‘Cause loving you feels worth bleeding for
You say you care, I know it’s true
But care don’t hold me when I miss you
I need your hands, I need your fight
Not just your words at the end of the night
I don’t need easy, I don’t need small
I need to know I’m not optional
I’m giving you all that I am
While you’re still afraid to stand
I’m waiting on you
To give me everything
Not silence, not distance, not almost enough
I’m waiting on you
To finally choose me
To love me like losing me would hurt too much
I’d break all my walls just to let you in
But I’m tired of waiting on you to give in
What if I’m right here at the end of your fear
What if the thing you’re running from is real
I’m not asking you to save me
Just don’t make me wait forever to be seen
I’m scared too, but I still stay
I still reach for you anyway
I’m waiting on you
But I’m getting tired
Of holding a love that won’t hold me back
I’m waiting on you
But I’m burning quiet
Watching my heart crack where you won’t step past
I love you enough to let you choose
But please don’t ask me to keep waiting on you
If you ever decide you’re ready to fall
I’ll still be the one who loved you through it all
Just don’t let me be
The girl who waited
And never got everything.
