Painted Memory
[Verse 1]
I gave my heart more than once,
Watched every goodbye become a ghost.
I loved like I had nothing to lose,
Still somehow I was the one they chose
To leave behind, to disappear,
To turn forever into another year.
And sometimes I still ask myself,
“Was there something wrong with me?”
[Pre-Chorus]
Maybe I loved too deeply,
Maybe I stayed too long,
Maybe I kept believing
In a love that was already gone.
[Chorus]
Why am I always the one left behind?
Why do the people I love fade with time?
I carry the memories, but not the pain,
I remember the sunshine, I remember the rain.
There’s no love left for me to go back through,
No old feelings waiting to come alive anew.
What we were is somewhere I can’t find—
Just a painted memory
Hanging in the back of my mind.
[Verse 2]
I remember the little things,
The laughter, the nights, the promises made.
I remember who I was back then,
Before every goodbye taught me to change.
But time has a way of softening scars,
And turning broken pieces into stars.
Now I can look at yesterday
Without wishing it would stay.
[Pre-Chorus]
Maybe nothing was wrong with me,
Maybe some hearts aren’t meant to stay.
Some people are chapters,
Not the ending of the story we pray.
[Chorus]
Why was I always the one left behind?
Maybe I was never meant to lose my light.
I carry the memories, but not the pain,
I remember the sunshine, I remember the rain.
There’s no love left for me to go back through,
No old feelings waiting to make me choose.
What we were is somewhere I can’t find—
Just a painted memory
Hanging in the back of my mind.
[Bridge]
And no, I don’t hate you anymore,
I don’t wait beside that old door.
I don’t need another reason why,
Some things end without a final goodbye.
You were a part of who I became,
But you don’t get to own my name.
I loved you once, and that was true—
But I finally learned
I can live without you.
[Final Chorus]
Maybe I’m not the one left behind,
Maybe I’m the one who finally survived.
The memories stay, but the feelings are gone,
And somehow I still keep moving on.
There’s no love left for me to go back through,
No unfinished story I need to renew.
I can smile at the picture in my mind—
Because what we had is beautiful…
Even if it was never meant to last this time.
[Outro]
So paint me a picture of yesterday,
Let it fade slowly, let it drift away.
I won’t erase it, I won’t pretend—
Some memories stay…
Even after love ends.
MelojaneB
