I wasn't searching for forever,
I was just trying to survive.
Then you smiled across the silence,
And somehow I came alive.
You knew the pieces I'd been hiding,
The ones I'd never let them see.
Funny how a stranger understood me
Better than I'd understood me.
You said your heart was long abandoned,
Nothing good was left inside.
I wish you'd known that all I wanted
Was to sit beside your fight.
You kept saying, "You deserve better."
I kept saying, "I choose you."
We were speaking different languages,
Neither one of us could break through.
'Cause you couldn't hold my love,
Not because it wasn't real.
But every time I got too close,
You confused it with something to fear.
You'd kiss my soul, then close the door,
Tell me not to wait anymore.
You thought pushing me away
Was somehow keeping me safe.
Now I'm walking with a heart
That's breaking more with every mile,
Still praying someday you'll believe
You were always worth the while.
It wasn't that you couldn't love...
You just couldn't let yourself be loved.
I watched your eyes betray your words,
They never learned to tell the same lie.
Your hands reached for me without thinking,
While your mouth kept saying goodbye.
You carried ghosts around your shoulders,
Like they earned the right to stay.
Every promise that I'd whisper
Couldn't wash your past away.
I wanted to be your safe place,
Not another war to lose.
But healing isn't something
Someone else can choose.
**Bridge**
I hope one day you wake up
And the mirror's finally kind.
I hope the boy who learned he's broken
Stops apologizing for his life.
I hope you laugh without pretending,
Sleep without another fight.
I hope you find the peace
You never believed was yours to find.
And maybe you'll remember
There was someone who saw your light...
Before you did.
So I'm leaving with tears I never wanted,
Carrying a love that never died.
You were everything I prayed for,
But your fear became goodbye.
I would've stayed through every storm,
Every sleepless, shattered night.
But I can't keep proving I'm enough
To someone still convinced they're hard to love.
So I'll love you from a distance,
Even when it tears me apart.
Because sometimes loving someone
Means protecting your own heart.
If you ever heal enough
To stop running from the truth...
You'll find I never left
Because I stopped loving you.
I left...
Because you never believed
Someone finally could.
