Version of you

You always had a story ready,

Key’s jingling like the truth in your hand

You’d swear you were just unlucky,

I swear I was starting to understand

But the cracks in your sentences

Started sounding like my name

Every “trust me, I promise”

Was just lighter fluid on the flame

I played dumb, played loyal, played along

Guess I just wanted to be wrong

You dont trip on one lie, it’s a chain reaction

Every smile got a hidden distraction

You said “We’re good, don’t question me”

But honesty shouldn’t beg for immunity

I didn’t lose you, I just out grew

The version of you that was never true

You blamed the truth for being cruel

Said I was wrong to feel used

You played the victim and you played it well

I was your alibi you never held

Late-night talks, cheap apologies

Same old song in a different key

I kept forgiving every scar

Calling betrayal “just who you are”

I still played dumb, played loyal, played along

I dragged that role on too damn long

You dont trip on one lie, it’s a chain reaction

Every smile got a hidden distraction

You said “We’re good, don’t question me”

But honesty shouldn’t beg for immunity

I didn’t lose you, I just out grew

The version of you that was never true