[Intro: Country - Male]
If you ask me what happened…
I’d tell you a different story than she would.
[Verse 1: Country]
I was broken ’fore she ever found me,
Running from ghosts I never put down.
She called it forever, I called it surviving,
Trying to figure my own life out.
She loved with both hands open,
I barely knew how to receive.
She thought I was building a future,
I was just trying to breathe.
[Pre-Chorus: Country]
A good woman can look like home…
When you’re too lost to know you can’t stay.
[Chorus: Country]
If you ask me, I never set out to break her.
Never woke up planning to be the bad guy’s face.
I just kept choosing the easy road,
‘Til there wasn’t no easy way.
Now she’s got scars with my fingerprints,
And I hate that they’re there.
But hating myself don’t fix a thing…
It just means I gotta wear it.
[Verse 2: Rap]
Yeah, I lied. Yeah, I dipped. Yeah, I shut down quick.
Blocked calls when the guilt got thick.
Every time she got close, I’d hit that exit.
Self-destruct was a language, I was fluent in it.
Thought distance meant freedom, it just made a prison.
Kept chasing distractions, avoided decisions.
She wanted consistency, I wanted permission
To never look inward and call that “living.”
Everybody says, “Man, why’d you do that?”
Truth is… I still ask myself that.
It’s easier to disappear than explain why
The people I love always catch the backlash.
[Verse 3: Country]
She remembers nights I left her crying,
I remember wishing I could feel enough.
She remembers every promise broken,
I remember thinking love was never enough.
Doesn’t make me innocent.
Doesn’t mean she’s wrong.
It just means two people lived
The very same story… different all along.
[Bridge: Rap]
I ain’t asking for forgiveness.
Ain’t asking for another round.
Just saying every villain’s got a mirror
They avoid when nobody’s around.
You can call me selfish.
You can call me scared.
Truth don’t get prettier
Just because I finally say it there.
I wore pride like armor,
Thought silence made me strong.
Now every quiet room reminds me
Exactly where I went wrong.
[Final Chorus: Country + Rap Harmony]
Country:
If you ask me… I loved her the only way I knew.
Rap:
Problem was the only way I knew left everybody bruised.
Country:
She deserved somebody steady.
Rap:
I kept proving I was temporary.
Country:
Now she’s writing songs about the man I was…
Rap:
And I’m stuck hearing every verse like evidence.
[Outro: Country]
If you ask me who was right…
I’d say we both carried a truth.
But if you ask me who caused the hurt…
I already know the answer to that.
