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 

Indie piano ballad, male