The Guide

🎵 The Guide

You came to me with tears in your eyes

I was your shelter beneath stormy skies

I made you laugh, pieced you back again

And in my heart, love bloomed without end

But why is it that once you're whole

You leave me behind, no longer hold

You’ve found someone new, a different light

And I’m left alone in the silence of night

Turns out I’m just a guide along your way

To a love that was never meant to stay

Always the start, but never the end

I’m just the path, not the place you defend

You love me only when your world’s torn apart

But once you’re smiling, I’m not in your heart

I light the road for your wandering soul

But she gets the future I once tried to hold

Every laugh we shared held a silent fear

Every hug whispered goodbye in my ear

I lost count of how many times

You used me to cross into brighter skies

You now look at her the way you looked at me

Back when I thought it was destiny

Is this all I am in everyone’s tale—

The bridge they cross, then quickly curtail?

Turns out I’m just a guide along your way

To a love that was never meant to stay

Always the start, but never the end

I’m just the path, not the place you defend

You love me only when your world’s torn apart

But once you’re smiling, I’m not in your heart

I light the road for your wandering soul

But she gets the future I once tried to hold

And while you're smiling, holding hands with him

I'm drifting away in shadows dim

Smiling too, though my heart is sore

That's the role of the guide — nothing more

Yes, I’m just a guide along your way

To someone else at the end of your day

Not your last page, just your middle line

The one who heals — then gets left behind

I’m the one who helps you find your spark

Then disappears when you’ve found your mark

I lit the dark, I helped you believe

But in the end... it’s me you leave

I’m the guide, never the home

To the love I helped you own

I held your heart just for a time

So you could give it... where it truly shines