### **\[Verse 1]** It’s been years, but you still live in my head. Still show up in dreams I never invite. Still hear your voice, sharp and sweet and dead, Still echo those lies like they made things right. I used to write off the cracks in the wall, Used to whisper, *“He’s just scared, that’s all.”* Used to lie to myself, play it cool— But I knew the truth. I just didn’t want to fall… alone. --- ### **\[Verse 2]** You wore charm like a costume of grace, You wore silence like it kept you safe. You said *I* was too much, too loud— You said *I* was the one who pushed you around. But I remember the pivot, the shift, I remember the way you’d dodge and drift. You called it love like that meant something— But I was always the one left bleeding. --- ### **\[Pre-Chorus]** You gaslit me until I couldn’t see, Gaslit me ‘til I thought it was me. But something burned in the back of my mind— A voice I buried screaming: **“Run while there’s time.”** --- ### **\[Chorus]** Do you know what you did to me? Do you know what you took from me? It’s been years, and I still flinch at my name. Still doubt my truth like I’m the one to blame. You tore me down, and I let you through— I’m still crawling out… **Because of you.** --- ### **\[Verse 3]** I saw the texts you swore didn’t exist, I saw the lies between every wrist. I stayed. I stayed. I stayed through the storm— Thinking I could hold your shape in form. But love shouldn’t feel like survival. Shouldn’t start with pain on arrival. You taught me hunger, taught me lack— Then vanished when I needed you back. --- ### **\[Bridge]** I built myself from the ash you left, But even now I carry your theft. Confidence feels like a language lost, You taught me shame, and I paid the cost. I smile, but it’s tight at the seams. I laugh, but I’m choking between. I’m better, but ghosts still pretend— Some don’t haunt. They just blend. --- ### **\[Pre-Chorus]** You said I was crazy, said I loved the fight, But baby, you were the thief in the night. Now I see clear, now I see true— And I know the monster… was always you. --- ### **\[Final Chorus]** Do you know what you did to me? Do you know how your echo still breathes in me? It’s taken years to reclaim my light, But I still freeze when I hear your type. You left me shattered, hollowed through— And I’m still piecing back the view… **Because of you.** Because of you… **Because of you.**

Because of You