Love That Didnt Stay

Verse 1

We said forever like it was easy,

Like time would stay on our side.

But somewhere between the words we meant

And the ones we never tried,

We started talking just to fill the space,

Not to be understood.

I felt you leaving long before

I knew I should.

Chorus

I kept a door cracked open wide,

Hoping you’d walk back through.

But love can’t live in half-held hands

Or promises one-sided and untrue.

I waited where the light grew thin,

You turned and chased what’s new.

So I’ll stop hoping for a maybe—

And start choosing me too.

Verse 2

I learned how quiet heartbreak is,

No screaming, just the ache.

It’s smiling through the memories

You don’t know how to shake.

I replayed every moment

Looking for where we fell,

But some endings don’t come from fights—

They come from someone slowly else.

Bridge

If love were enough, we’d still be standing,

If effort matched the pain.

But I can’t carry us alone

And call it staying sane.

I forgive you for what you couldn’t give,

I forgive myself for staying long.

Letting go is not me losing—

It’s me finally moving on.

Final Chorus / Outro

I won’t wait for what won’t return,

I won’t live in yesterday.

I’ll take the love I tried to save

And put it to better use someday.

I walk away with open eyes,

Not bitter, just aware.

Some chapters end without closure—

And I still keep moving forward from there.