((LOOK WHAT YOU MADE ME BUILD))
(Kimberly Arce)
INTRO
Look what you made me build
Look what surviving did
You broke something open in me
So I learned how to live with it
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VERSE 1
Started with a light in an empty room
Talking to the ghost of me and you
Thought if I stayed busy I could outrun pain
Funny how winning still sounds like your name
Your side of the bed stayed cold for months
Your coffee cup sat where you left it
I learned how to smile in crowded rooms
And I just got better at pretending
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PRE-CHORUS
I don’t miss the fighting
I miss what I believed
There’s a difference between losing you
And losing what we’d be
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CHORUS
LOOK WHAT YOU MADE ME BUILD WITHOUT YOU
I got the life we talked about — just not with you
Look what heartbreak taught me how to do
LOOK WHAT YOU MADE ME BUILD WITHOUT YOU
Now everybody loves the woman that I grew into
But I’d trade every room
Every light
Every view
Just to not have built it
Without you
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VERSE 2
I can walk into a room now
Like I was never on my knees
I can laugh at all the right times
Make it look so easy
But some nights I still wake reaching
Muscle memory never got the news
It just keeps showing up for you
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PRE-CHORUS
I don’t miss the chaos
I miss the life we planned
Before love became something
I had to survive instead
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CHORUS
LOOK WHAT YOU MADE ME BUILD WITHOUT YOU
I got the life we talked about — just not with you
Look what heartbreak taught me how to do
LOOK WHAT YOU MADE ME BUILD WITHOUT YOU
Now everybody loves the woman that I grew into
But I’d trade every room
Every light
Every view
Just to not have built it
Without you
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BRIDGE
What’s the point of getting everything
If the one I wanted isn’t there?
Funny how I built the exact life we dreamed
And you disappeared
I got stronger
I got smarter
I got everything but peace
Turns out heartbreak builds empires
But it doesn’t let you sleep
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FINAL CHORUS
LOOK WHAT YOU MADE ME BUILD WITHOUT YOU
I got the life we talked about — just not with you
Look what heartbreak taught me how to do
LOOK WHAT YOU MADE ME BUILD WITHOUT YOU
Everybody loves the woman that I grew into
But I’d trade every room
Every light
Every dream
Just to not have built it
Without you
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(Heartbreak anthem))
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