[Verse 1]
Eleven years
Same bed
Same roof
I held the line
You bent the truth
You burned through
Every woman that I knew
Friends
Blood
My own sisters
And I still stood by you
[Pre-Chorus]
I told the kids
“Daddy’s tired
He’s just gone late”
Covering tracks
Bleeding out for your mistakes
[Chorus]
I was faithful in a graveyard of my trust
You were smiling while you dragged us through the dust
I stayed for the kids
You stayed for the rush
Now you walk away and call it love
Call it love
But it’s rust
[Verse 2]
They’re old enough
To hear the fights
See you flinch
When they meet your eyes
You say “it’s me”
That turned them from your name
But they watched you light the match
And step back from the flame
[Pre-Chorus]
You see your face
In their faces and it hurts
So you punish me
By leaving them to learn
[Chorus]
I was faithful in a graveyard of my trust
You were smiling while you dragged us through the dust
I stayed for the kids
You stayed for the rush
Now you walk away and call it love
Call it love
But it’s rust
[Bridge]
You won’t help with them
’Cause your mask fell off
Your pride is a prison
And you slammed the lock
They see who you are
And it cuts you raw
So you’d rather let them break
Than admit you were wrong (hey)
[Chorus]
I was faithful in a graveyard of my trust
You were smiling while you dragged us through the dust
I stayed for the kids
You stayed for the rush
Now you walk away and call it love
Call it love
But it’s rust
[Outro]
Eleven years
Buried in my bones
I walk out
But I’m not alone
They’re my reason
You’re just the ghost
We survived you
And that hurts you the most