[Verse 1]
You said
“Feelings are for birthdays”
Then forgot mine that same year
Taught me how to change a tire
Never taught me how to steer
Hand-me-down jacket
Smell of coffee
And apologies half-done
You said
“Toughen up
It’s nothing”
Guess that’s where I learned to run
[Chorus]
I learned this from you
Every joke I crack to dodge the truth
Every eye-roll when it hurts too much
Every “I’m fine” instead of “I’m crushed”
Yeah I learned this from you
All the walls I build and crash right through
Thought I’d burned your script
But it bleeds right through
All the things I swore I’d never do
I learned this from you
[Verse 2]
You loved giving out advice
Like coupons no one asked to use
“How ‘bout you just get over it”
While you’re drowning in the news
Dinner table
Silent warfare
Forks and knives and bitten tongues
You called it “keeping it together”
I just call it coming undone
[Chorus]
I learned this from you
Every joke I crack to dodge the truth
Every eye-roll when it hurts too much
Every “I’m fine” instead of “I’m crushed”
Yeah I learned this from you
All the walls I build and crash right through
Thought I’d burned your script
But it bleeds right through
All the things I swore I’d never do
I learned this from you
[Bridge]
You were doing what you knew
Somebody taught it all to you
All that silence
All that strain
Passed down like a family name
I don’t hate you
I’m just tired
Of rehearsing old rewired pain
So I’m saying what you couldn’t say
“I’m hurt
I’m scared
But I’ll stay”
[Chorus]
I learned this from you
But I’m done confusing hurt with truth
Gonna feel it when it hurts too much
Say “I’m not fine” when I’m feeling crushed
Yeah I learned this from you
What I want to heal
What I want to lose
Your shadow’s big
But I’m walking through
I’ll break the things I got from you
And keep the parts that feel like you