[Intro]
You said you tired of the bruise on your mind
Showed me scars
Said you done this time
Now I’m watchin you rewind
[Verse 1]
I was there when your hands wouldn’t stop shakin
Phone on the table
you cried while it vibrated
Said “if I go back
I’m afraid I won’t make it”
Swore you were finished
swore this was the last break-in
I pulled you out that night in my hoodie
You curled in my lap
said you felt so ugly
Held you so careful
like glass on a ledge
You promised on everything
that part of you dead
[Chorus]
But you gave him another chance to break you
Another chance to paint you blue
I actually cared
I stayed and I stayed
you ran back to the same old wound
You gave him another chance to cage you
Another chance to twist what’s true
I tried to be the hand
you could grab in the dark
you chose the hand that bruised
[Verse 2]
You texted “he’s changed”
with a smile I don’t trust
Said “he’s in therapy”
like that wipes the blood
You blocked me then called
from a friend’s old phone
Said “please don’t be mad”
I just felt so alone
I remember your voice in my passenger seat
Saying “if I go back
then I’m weak, I’m cheap”
Girl, this ain’t weakness,
this is chains in your chest
But you keep calling poison
your place to rest
[Chorus]
So you gave him another chance to break you
Another chance to paint you blue
I actually cared
I stayed and I stayed
you ran back to the same old wound
You gave him another chance to cage you
Another chance to twist what’s true
I tried to be the hand
you could grab in the dark
you chose the hand that bruised
[Bridge]
How many lies till you can’t hear mine
The ones where I say
you’re worth more this time
How many nights
till you don’t wake up
I’m scared one call
won’t ever come
[Chorus]
Still you gave him another chance to break you
Another chance to swallow you whole
I actually cared
I burned and I bled
you chose to dance on the same old coals
You gave him another chance to cage you
Another chance to cut too deep
So I’m backing away
while you walk to the fire
and it’s killing me to leave