

Prompt / Lyrics
If I’d known how this would end I’d have shut that door for good Would’ve saved my name from being dragged Through what you called love I was building something honest With calloused hands and open trust You were building exits quietly While I was building us Now I see it clear as day Some truths come late I should’ve said no When my spirit said slow Should’ve listened to the warning In the silence you showed But I survived the fall I didn’t fold Now the only dream I carry Is giving my kids a life of gold And if something ever happens to me And they ask you why you let me go You’ll have to live forever Knowing you broke the heart Of a good man who loved you whole I opened every door for you Never kept a score with you Stood between you and the world Like a man’s supposed to do But loyalty ain’t loyalty If it only stands one way And I won’t apologize For walking out of pain You mistook my kindness for weak Now I’m stronger than you think I should’ve said no When the red flags flew Should’ve seen the truth In the things you wouldn’t do But I survived the storm I outgrew Now my babies are the reason I refuse to lose And if heaven calls my name too soon And they’re asking what went wrong You’ll hear their voices in your silence Long after I’m gone Bridge (Dark, stripped down — almost spoken first line) Regret don’t fade easy It settles in your chest And one day when you’re alone You’ll replay what you wrecked A man who would’ve died for you Instead learned how to live And that’s the kind of loss Time don’t forgive Yeah I should’ve said no But I stand here now Still breathing, still building Still making my kids proud You didn’t break me You revealed me Stronger than I ever knew And the pain you handed me Turned into fuel So if they ever ask about you I won’t speak in spite or cold I’ll just say some people lose The best love they’ll ever hold I should’ve said no… But I survived And I’m better now.
Tags
Country Ballard
4:02
No
2/17/2026