I Gave You My Heart

Verse 1

Talking to you felt like walking on glass

Every word I chose felt like it had a past

I wasn’t trying to start a war

I just needed to know what your heart was for

But every time I opened up the door

You’d close it like you’d done before

Like my questions were a crime to you

When all I wanted was the truth

Verse 2

I didn’t bring things up to cause a fight

Or tear apart another night

I spoke because I needed clarity

Not silence filled with uncertainty

I never wanted to compete for love

Or wonder who I’m standing above

A woman shouldn’t have to guess

If she’s the one you love the best

Pre-Chorus

And every time I tried to explain

You’d turn the story back to pain

Playing the victim in every scene

Even when you knew what I mean

Chorus

I gave you my heart, my soul, my every breath

Left pieces of me in the love you never kept

I stayed when the silence cut so deep

While you made promises you couldn’t keep

I spoke my truth so I wouldn’t feel small

So I wouldn’t sit there feeling like a fool through it all

But loving you slowly drained the life in me

Until numbness became my reality

And the hardest truth I’ve had to see

Is you won’t change the man you choose to be

Verse 3

I wanted a man who could stand in truth

Not hide behind excuses and wounds

Someone strong enough to grow

And show the love he claims to know

But every time I tried to believe

You’d give me less than what I need

And I kept pouring out my heart

While you kept tearing it apart

Bridge

I gave you everything I had inside

My patience, my loyalty, my pride

Until there was nothing left of me

But echoes of who I used to be

And maybe one day you’ll understand

What it takes to truly be a man

But I can’t keep losing who I am

Just waiting for you to take a stand

Final Chorus

I gave you my heart, my soul, my every breath

But love shouldn’t leave somebody feeling less

I tried to believe you’d grow with me

Into the man you promised you could be

But I won’t beg for what should come naturally

And I won’t compete for love that’s meant for me

Now I’m walking away from what we used to be

Because loving you cost too much of me