You Never Knew Me

(no...)

You knew the silence.

You never knew me.

(yeah...)

You talk like you memorised my soul

Like every crack made you whole

Like watching me break gave you the right

To rewrite every part of my life

You knew the songs I'd play at night

The tears I'd hide, the ways I'd lie

But knowing pain don't mean you see

The person underneath

(no...)

You never saw beneath.

You watched me survive

And called it love

You watched me disappear

And thought that was enough

You say you knew me better than I did

(every scar, every bruise)

But you only knew the girl who stayed

The one afraid to move

You knew the version you could hold

The one you'd bend until she'd break

You knew my damage

You never knew me

That's your mistake

(oh-oh...)

That's your mistake

You knew the girl who bit her tongue

Who carried blame for what you'd done

The one who shrank to fit your frame

And answered every time you called her name

But people change

And wounds heal too

The girl you knew

Outgrew you

(yeah...)

Outgrew you

You called it forever

I called it surviving

You called it devotion

I called it hiding

You say you knew me better than I did

(every scar, every bruise)

But you only knew the version of me

That existed for you

You knew the shadow

Not the light

You knew the fear

Not the fight

You knew the silence

Not the voice

That finally chose her life

You still live inside those memories

I don't

You still chase the ghost of who I was

I won't

Maybe that's why you're still standing there

Looking back

While I'm gone

(yeah...)

I'm gone

You watched

I healed

You stayed

I left

You held on

I breathed again

(no...)

I breathed again

You say you knew me better than I did

But if that was true

You would've known

One day I'd choose myself

You would've known

The fear would fade

The chains would break

The girl who stayed

Wouldn't stay forever

(oh-oh...)

Wouldn't stay forever

You knew the silence

You knew the scars

You knew the damage

You knew the dark

But me?

(no...)

You never knew me.