Wasted On The Wrong Ones

[Verse 1]
You said “it’s forever”
Then you vanished in a weekend
Left your hoodie and your half-truths
Told my friends we’d “stay friends”
I replayed every message
Like a movie that kept glitching
Taking blame for your behaviour
Like I broke what you were missing
I gave chances, gave my sleep up
Gave my heart, you gave excuses
Called it love when it was chaos
Took the crumbs and called them uses
Every promise had a backdoor
Every hug already leaving
I was begging for a bandage
From the one who did the bleeding
[Chorus]
I was wasting all my love on the wrong ones
Pouring out my heart just to feel numb
But every time you left, I learned something
Now I don’t chase hands that ain’t reaching
I was giving all my light to the cold ones
Trying to fix a heart that ain’t home once
Now I save my love like it means something
I don’t waste my love, I don’t waste my love
[Verse 2]
Used to stare at all my scars like
That’s the proof I wasn’t worthy
Checking every little flaw
Like maybe that’s why they desert me
I would edit who I am
Just to fit inside your story
Shrinking down so you felt taller
Let you take my territory
Now my phone buzz, I don’t jump
If it’s you, I let it fade out
You’re a chapter, I’m the book
Turn the page and let it play out
Got a mirror that I trust now
See myself and I believe it
Love is something that I guard
Not a habit I keep bleeding (yeah)
[Chorus]
I was wasting all my love on the wrong ones
Pouring out my heart just to feel numb
But every time you left, I learned something
Now I don’t chase hands that ain’t reaching
I was giving all my light to the cold ones
Trying to fix a heart that ain’t home once
Now I save my love like it means something
I don’t waste my love, I don’t waste my love
[Bridge]
You don’t get a second try
At a heart that learned to value time (value time)
If you couldn’t hold me then
You don’t get the version that survived (that survived)
Now my standard raised up high
If it’s real, it shows, it stays, it tries
I’m done teaching people how
To love me while they only take what’s mine (hey)
[Chorus]
I was wasting all my love on the wrong ones
Pouring out my heart just to feel numb
But every time you left, I learned something
Now I don’t chase hands that ain’t reaching
I was giving all my light to the cold ones
Trying to fix a heart that ain’t home once
Now I save my love like it means something
I don’t waste my love, I don’t waste my love (no more)
Now I save my love like it means something
I don’t waste my love, I don’t waste my love (yeah)

rap, Midtempo pop-rap crossover with male vocals; muted keys and warm pads under confessional verses, tight trap-influenced drums and deep bass in the hook. Verses rap with a melodic tilt, chorus opens into sung pop topline with stacked harmonies and a bright counter-melody. Final hook adds extra ad-libs and subtle vocal chops for lift., pop