The One I Grew From

Verse 1

I still remember summer nights at fifteen

Chasing something we didn’t understand

You were chaos wrapped in a daydream

I was just a boy with a plan

We said forever like we meant it

Like time was something we could bend

I spent years trying to chase it

You were never mine to hold in the end

I finally understand what you were meant to be in my life

I finally understand what you were meant to be in my life

I finally understand what you were meant to be in my life

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Pre-Chorus

And I’ve made peace with the silence

Where your voice used to be

But some ghosts don’t need haunting

They just live quietly

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Chorus

You’ll always be the one I grew from

The first name my heart ever knew

Not the one I get to grow old with

But the one that showed me how to

And I can love someone better

In a way that’s steady and true

But a part of me stays with you

Yeah, a part of me stays with you

I finally understand what you were meant to be in my life

I finally understand what you were meant to be in my life

I finally understand what you were meant to be in my life

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Verse 2

Life hit you in ways I can’t fathom

Broke pieces I couldn’t repair

I tried to be something you leaned on

But you were already lost somewhere

And I see now love ain’t saving

It’s not fixing what’s already gone

Sometimes it’s just understanding

Why you had to move on

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Pre-Chorus

And I don’t hate how it ended

Even if it still stings

‘Cause loving you taught me

What love really means

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Chorus

You’ll always be the one I grew from

The first fire I couldn’t outrun

Not the one I get to come home to

But the one that made me someone

And I can build something stronger

With a heart that’s finally new

But a part of me stays with you

Yeah, a part of me stays with you

I finally understand what you were meant to be in my life

I finally understand what you were meant to be in my life

I finally understand what you were meant to be in my life

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Bridge

Maybe first love never leaves you

It just learns to let you go

Turns into a quiet memory

Instead of something you still hold

And I don’t need you like I used to

But I won’t pretend it’s gone

You were never meant to be forever

But you’ll always be where I’m from

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Final Chorus (Soft / Stripped)

You’ll always be the one I grew from

Even if we never made it through

And I’ll love someone in the daylight

The way I couldn’t love you

But in the quiet, in the echoes

In the things I can’t undo

There’s a part of me…

That’ll always love you

Always love you

Always love you

Always love you

I finally understand what you were meant to be in my life

I finally understand what you were meant to be in my life

I finally understand what you were meant to be in my life