Strong as I thought

Met you on a Friday, small-town bar light,
Laugh came easy, everything felt right,
Late nights talking like we had it all planned,
You said forever, I believed what you said

Mama loved you, thought you were the one,
White dress visions, setting summer suns,
I put my name next to yours like it couldn’t go wrong,
Didn’t know love could turn this long

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Pre-Chorus

Yeah, we built a life on promises and trust,
Funny how fast “always” turns to “just”

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Chorus

What if I never got to say “I love you,”
What if I never got the chance to say “I do?”
Baby, maybe I wouldn’t be missing you,
Wouldn’t be drowning in the damage you left me to

’Cause I can’t get over all these tears that I dropped,
Can’t get back all these years I lost,
I was tryna make you someone you’re not,
Fighting a war in the middle of my heart,
Guess I wasn’t as strong as I thought

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Verse 2

Now there’s an empty side of the bed at night,
Pictures still hang but they don’t feel right,
Friends say “time heals,” but time just reminds,
Of the man I was before goodbye

I replay the fights, all the words I said,
Tryna find the moment when the love went dead,
I held on tight when you let go soft,
Guess loving you cost more than I thought

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Pre-Chorus 2

I was carrying us when you were halfway gone,
Calling it love just to prove I was strong

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Chorus

What if I never got to say “I love you,”
What if I never got the chance to say “I do?”
Baby, maybe I wouldn’t be missing you,
Wouldn’t be drowning in the damage you left me to

’Cause I can’t get over all these tears that I dropped,
Can’t get back all these years I lost,
I was tryna make you someone you’re not,
Fighting a war in the middle of my heart,
Guess I wasn’t as strong as I thought

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Bridge

Maybe love ain’t losing, maybe I just stayed,
When the cracks were showing, I looked the other way,
I’d still choose you knowing how it ends,
But damn, I wish I knew back then

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Final Chorus (Lift)

What if I never crossed that line with you,
Never put a ring on what we went through?
Baby, maybe I’d still be me,
Sleeping through the night instead of missing sleep

’Cause I can’t get over all these tears that I dropped,
Can’t get back all these years I lost,
I was tryna make you someone you’re not,
Fighting a war in the middle of my heart,
Guess I wasn’t as strong as I thought

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Outro

Yeah, loving you proved one thing I forgot—
I wasn’t as strong as I thought

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