You Learned How to Walk Away

Verse 1
I still know the way your laugh bends
Like it’s trying not to break
Still hear your voice in empty rooms
Like a ghost I couldn’t shake
Your hoodie’s folded in my drawer
Like it’s waiting for your skin
But you don’t come back anymore
And I don’t know where you’ve been

Pre-Chorus
You used to say forever like it meant something real
Now forever’s just a word you forgot how to feel

Chorus
You learned how to leave
Like it didn’t hurt at all
Like my name was just a shadow
On a faded bedroom wall
You found someone new
And I’m still stuck in between
Who we were and what you chose
And all the things you couldn’t be
I’m still loving you the same
While you’re learning how to leave

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Verse 2
Do they know the way you think?
How you shut down when you’re scared
Do they kiss you like I did
Or just say they’re always there?
I see you smiling in their arms
Like I never made you whole
Guess I was just a chapter, baby
You were my entire soul

Pre-Chorus
You said I was everything you’d never let go
Now I’m just a memory you don’t even hold

Chorus
You learned how to leave
Like it didn’t hurt at all
Like my love was just a moment
You could catch and let it fall
You found someone new
While I’m fighting not to break
Every night I’m wide awake
Tracing steps you didn’t take
I’m still loving you the same
While you’re learning how to leave

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Bridge
And I hate that I still hope
That you’ll turn around one day
That you’ll see me in a crowd
And remember what we made
But you’re dancing in a life
That I don’t belong inside
And I’m stuck here with the version
Of you that never said goodbye

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Final Chorus (stripped, emotional)
You learned how to leave
And I never learned that part
How to let go of your hands
Without tearing up my heart
You found someone new
And I’m still where you used to be
Loving someone who moved on
While they forgot about me

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