Mountain You Keep Moving

Every time I open up my heart,

You pull out your scars and raise the bar.

If I say I’m hurting, you’re hurting more,

Somehow every wound becomes a score.

I come to you with shaking hands,

Looking for a place to land.

But before my tears can touch the ground,

You’re already telling me yours are deeper now.

I don’t need to win,

I just need to be seen.

But you turn every conversation

Into another battlefield between us.

I’m climbing a mountain you keep moving,

One step forward, then you start proving

That your pain is bigger, your load is heavier,

Your heart is somehow always breaking more.

And I’m hanging from the edge, exhausted,

Trying to reach a place where love feels honest.

But every time I get close to the top,

You push me off just so you’ll never stop

Being the one above it all.

I can’t tell you when I’m falling apart,

Without you showing me your broken parts.

I can’t speak my truth without a fight,

Can’t have one storm that isn’t yours tonight.

I’m tired of carrying both our weights,

While you keep changing all the stakes.

Love wasn’t supposed to be keeping score,

But that’s what every day feels like anymore.

I don’t need a trophy,

I don’t need to be right.

I just wanted a partner

Standing by my side.

I’m climbing a mountain you keep moving,

One step forward, then you start proving

That your pain is bigger, your load is heavier,

Your heart is somehow always breaking more.

And I’m hanging from the edge, exhausted,

Trying to reach a place where love feels honest.

But every time I get close to the top,

You push me off just so you’ll never stop

Being the one above it all.

Maybe love is supposed to sound like listening,

Maybe healing isn’t a competition.

Maybe two people can hurt at the same time,

Without turning every ache into a climb.

But I’m losing my strength,

And I’m losing my grip.

Trying to save us both

While I’m watching myself slip.

I’m climbing a mountain that’s wearing me down,

Searching for solid ground.

I kept believing if I tried enough,

You’d finally help me carry this love.

But the higher I climb, the clearer I see,

You don’t want a partner standing beside you.

You need someone beneath you.

And I’m tired of falling,

Tired of proving my pain.

If loving you means losing myself,

I can’t keep climbing this mountain again.