[Intro]
(no...)
You knew the silence.
You never knew me.
(yeah...)
[Verse 1]
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.
[Pre-Chorus]
You watched me survive
And called it love
You watched me disappear
And thought that was enough
[Chorus]
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
[Verse 2]
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
[Pre-Chorus]
You called it forever
I called it surviving
You called it devotion
I called it hiding
[Chorus]
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
[Bridge]
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
[Breakdown]
You watched
I healed
You stayed
I left
You held on
I breathed again
(no...)
I breathed again
[Chorus]
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
[Outro]
You knew the silence
You knew the scars
You knew the damage
You knew the dark
But me?
(no...)
You never knew me.