[Verse 1]
You leave your jacket on my kitchen chair
Like proof you might come back and care
I learn the weather in your face
And move my heart to make you space
You want the room, you want the praise
You turn my kindness into stage
Then when I ask for something real
You count the ways that I should kneel
[Pre-Chorus]
I bring you water when you’re burning
You call it luck when you’re returning
I keep translating every silence
Into a reason for compliance
[Chorus]
I love you in a language you refuse to learn
I hold the door while all your bridges burn
You take my hands, then ask me not to feel
How can you want devotion if you hate what’s real?
Still I come back, still I make room
Still I defend you from the truth in the room
You give me a mirror, I give you my name
I keep trying to love you—why do I carry the blame?
[Verse 2]
You tell the story, I become the flaw
Your perfect version never breaks a law
I watch you polish every alibi
While something tender in me learns to hide
Your apologies arrive dressed up as charm
A velvet knife tucked underneath your arm
I say I’m leaving, then I miss your voice
You make surrender sound like my own choice
[Pre-Chorus]
I bring you water when you’re burning
You call it luck when you’re returning
I keep translating every silence
Into a reason for compliance
[Chorus]
I love you in a language you refuse to learn
I hold the door while all your bridges burn
You take my hands, then ask me not to feel
How can you want devotion if you hate what’s real?
Still I come back, still I make room
Still I defend you from the truth in the room
You give me a mirror, I give you my name
I keep trying to love you—why do I carry the blame?
[Bridge]
Maybe love is not a courtroom
Maybe I don’t need to plead
Maybe every time you break me
You are showing what you need
I can’t be your reflection
I can’t shrink to fit your frame
If you only love the version
That agrees you’re never to blame
[Final Chorus]
I loved you in a language you refused to learn
I held the door while all your bridges burned
You took my hands, then asked me not to feel
Now I want a love that doesn’t punish what is real
I won’t come back, I won’t make room
I won’t defend the damage in the room
You gave me a mirror, I gave you my name
I’m done trying to love you while I carry the blame
[Outro]
You can keep the jacket on the chair
I’m taking every honest part of me from there