Should’ve stayed away x

i read into everything you say

even silence got a weight

you pull back, i lean in

like i don’t know how this ends

you like me better when i’m light

when i don’t ask you to decide

but love shouldn’t feel this thin

like i could break it with a breath

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i keep shrinking just to fit your hands

but i don’t think you understand

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i stay anyway, even when it hurts

even when you give me less than i deserve

you say “it’s fine” but it’s never clear

and i’m still waiting for you here

it’s always me trying to close the space

you take your time, i take the blame

i know the ending, i know the game

but i stay anyway

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you don’t lie, you just don’t say

the things i need to feel okay

and i fill in what you don’t

just to have somewhere to go

i replay nights inside my head

every word you never said

trying to find a version of you

that would actually choose me too

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i keep hoping you’ll change your mind

while slowly losing mine

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i stay anyway, even when it hurts

even when you give me less than i deserve

you say “it’s fine” but it’s never clear

and i’m still waiting for you here

it’s always me trying to close the space

you take your time, i take the blame

i know the ending, i know the game

but i stay anyway

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maybe i just like the almost

maybe i’m scared to be alone

or maybe i saw something real

in someone who never felt the same

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i won’t say it, but i know

i should’ve left a while ago

still tracing shapes you never made

learning how to walk away…