Didn’t Ask to Be

VERSE 1

I didn’t make a scene when it ended

I finished my drink and stood up

You stayed seated like nothing shifted

Like I didn’t just give you months

I learned how to leave without proving

Anything you already knew

Some people don’t notice absence

Until it starts noticing you

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PRE-CHORUS

You thought I’d come back louder

I didn’t need to

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CHORUS

I didn’t ask to be remembered

I just didn’t lie while I stayed

I didn’t fight for the echo

I didn’t beg you to change

You can forget how it happened

Say it slipped through your hands

But I didn’t ask to be remembered

I just did what I can

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VERSE 2

I still drive past the long way home

So I don’t rush the quiet

There’s a part of me that still listens

Even when I deny it

You said I was hard to read

But you never tried to look

Some people want an ending

Without reading the book

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PRE-CHORUS

You wanted closure

I wanted truth

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CHORUS

I didn’t ask to be remembered

I didn’t mark the day

I didn’t need a witness

I didn’t need you to stay

You can say I meant nothing

If that helps you sleep

But I didn’t ask to be remembered

I just didn’t leave

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BRIDGE

I don’t chase after history

I don’t correct the past

If you don’t feel the absence

That’s not something I ask

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FINAL CHORUS

I didn’t ask to be remembered

I didn’t need the weight

I didn’t stand there pretending

This was all a mistake

You can move on unbothered

Say you’re finally free

But I didn’t ask to be remembered

I asked myself to be me

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OUTRO

Some exits are quiet

Because they’re final