carried this home on my shoulders,
Held every crack like it was mine.
You were slipping into shadows,
But I kept calling it “just a phase, it’s fine.”
I kept giving, kept forgiving,
Even when my heart was breaking slow.
You kept someone else so close to you…
Closer than I ever got to know.
(Pre-Chorus)
Tell me why I’m the one who’s drowning,
When you’re the one who pushed me in?
Why am I the one rebuilding,
Everything you keep breaking?
(Chorus)
And still… I stayed.
With all the lies you wrapped in stories you made.
With all the wounds that your silence carved every day.
I held on, I prayed…
But you kept choosing her in every little way.
Now I’m empty, but I still stayed.
I still stayed.
(Verse 2)
You called it “just a friendship,”
But friendships don’t make wives feel small.
You said I was overthinking,
But you never let me see it all.
Deleting messages like secrets,
Making me the villain in her eyes.
You two moved like you had nothing to hide…
While I was choking on your lies.
(Pre-Chorus)
You say zero or a hundred,
But I have children to hold through the night.
I don’t get the luxury of breaking—
I still have to stand and fight.
(Chorus)
And still… I stayed.
Through all the storms your choices made.
Through every night that my heart trembled and frayed.
I held you, I stayed…
Even when you added her back like nothing changed.
Even when my soul just… slipped away.
Still I stayed.
(Bridge)
Maybe someday you’ll feel this ache,
Maybe one day you’ll understand—
How it feels to be replaced
Without hearing it said out loud by your own man.
Maybe then you’ll know this pain,
Maybe then you’ll see my scars…
But until then I’ll protect my heart
Even if you can’t see how torn apart we are.
(Final Chorus)
Yet still… I stayed.
When any other woman would’ve walked away.
When you kept choosing her, in every quiet way.
I’m done now, afraid…
But I’ll rise from everything your choices made.
And maybe someday you’ll realize what you betrayed.
But for too long…
I stayed.
