### **\[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.
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### **\[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.
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### **\[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.”**
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### **\[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.**
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### **\[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.
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### **\[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.
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### **\[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.
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### **\[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.**
CharmedX
