I Gave You My Name

**Verse I**
I carved a place for you inside my ribs
Let you live where my lungs should be
Every time you said their name
Something folded inward in me

I learned how to love in fragments
Learned how to beg without sound
I stood right in front of you bleeding
And you still looked around

**Pre-Chorus**
You said I was *safe*
You never said I was *wanted*
I should’ve known the difference

**Chorus (Heavy)**
I GAVE YOU MY NAME
I GAVE YOU MY SKIN
I LET YOU STEP INSIDE ME
AND WEAR ME THIN
I BECAME YOUR CONFESSION
YOUR PLACE TO UNLOAD
AND YOU STILL WENT HOME
WITH SOMEONE YOU HARDLY KNOW

**Verse II**
I kept my mouth shut when it hurt
So you wouldn’t feel bad
I held your hand while you cried
About a love you never had

I was the answer you avoided
The truth you refused to touch
I was everything you needed
Just never enough

**Pre-Chorus (Rising)**
I thought patience was holy
I thought waiting was love
But you don’t reward devotion
You just take until it’s gone

**Chorus (Heavier)**
I GAVE YOU MY TIME
I GAVE YOU MY YOUTH
I BLED OUT MY SELF-RESPECT
JUST TO STAY USEFUL TO YOU
I MADE MYSELF SMALL
SO YOU COULD FEEL TALL
AND YOU STILL FUCKING CHOSE
SOMEONE WHO NEVER FALLS

**Bridge (Ritualistic / Collapse)**
I WOULD’VE BEEN YOUR RUIN
IF IT MEANT YOU’D STAY
I WOULD’VE LET YOU BREAK ME
IN EVERY WAY

BUT YOU ONLY LOVE
WHAT DOESN’T NEED YOU
AND I NEEDED YOU
TOO MUCH

**BREAKDOWN (Screamed)**
TAKE
WHAT’S
LEFT

YOU ALREADY TOOK
THE BEST OF ME

I WAS NEVER YOUR LOVE
I WAS YOUR RELIEF

**Final Chorus (Crushing)**
I GAVE YOU MY EVERYTHING
AND CALLED IT FAITH
I TURNED MYSELF INTO A SACRIFICE
YOU DIDN’T EVEN TASTE
I WORSHIPPED THE FLOOR
YOU WALKED AWAY ON
NOW I’M ON MY KNEES
AND YOU’RE FUCKING GONE

**Outro (Quiet, hollow)**
You don’t miss me
You miss what I gave you

And I don’t hate you
I just don’t exist anymore

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Alt Metal
Prog Metal
R&B, Ambient, and Djent
Clean vocals (baritone - tenor)
Screams, gritty cleans Harsh Male vocals