We never called it love,
We never made a plan.
Just late-night conversations,
Your fingers finding my hand.
You let me see the parts of you
Nobody else could find.
And somewhere in between the silence...
You slowly became mine.
Or at least that's how it felt.
You laughed a little longer.
You stayed a little more.
Every wall you swore was permanent
Started looking like a door.
We were building something beautiful,
Brick by brick, without a sound.
I thought we were laying a foundation,
While you were mapping your way out.
The moment it started feeling like "us,"
The moment forever came into view,
You ran from everything we could've been...
Because falling scared you more
Than losing me ever could.
You'd tell me things at two a.m.
You'd never say in daylight.
Your guard would finally disappear
When the world had gone quiet.
You'd look at me like I was home,
Then turn away by morning.
Like loving me in the darkness
Was easier than facing it in the light.
I kept waiting for your words
To catch up with your eyes.
But your heart was always honest...
Even when your mouth denied it.
We were building something beautiful,
At least that's what I believed.
You'd reach for me without thinking,
Then convince yourself to leave.
The closer that I got to you,
The farther you'd disappear.
You weren't afraid of loving me...
You were afraid it was real.
I saw it every time you lingered
When there was no reason to stay.
Every smile you tried to hide,
Every goodbye you delayed.
You can tell yourself whatever helps you sleep,
Say it never meant that much.
But people don't run from something meaningless...
They run from the things they can't stop feeling.
And I think...
That terrified you.
We were building something beautiful,
Even if you'll never say it now.
I carried every piece with hope,
While fear kept tearing yours back down.
My heart kept believing yours
Would finally meet me where I stood.
But love can't survive on almosts,
Or on everything we could've been.
So I'll carry the truth you couldn't hold:
You didn't leave because you felt nothing.
You left because you felt everything.
And maybe one day,
When you're no longer afraid of your own heart,
You'll remember mine...
The one that stayed
Until it couldn't survive
Being the only one building.
