Girl on a Hook

I’m just one girl on a hook

One of many in your line

You reel me in when I pull away

Then leave me hanging every time

You go ghost, then come back calling me baby

Like that word can cover where you’ve been

Got excuses stacked higher than the truth now

But I’m starting to see through them again

You say busy, tired, driving

But your phone keeps lighting up at night

Girls keep calling, texts keep flashing

Then you blame me when I know something ain’t right

Same time online, same time gone

You called me crazy for catching on

You teased me ’bout being first in a line

Like I was supposed to laugh and play along

But every secret sitting between us

Made me feel where I didn’t belong

You kept the water muddy

Then blamed me when I couldn’t see

Said I was just too jealous

But you gave me reasons not to breathe

Every secret, every silence

Every call you walked away to make

Had me thinking I was crazy

But now I see the game you played

I’m just one girl on a hook

One of many in your line

You call me baby when you need me near

Then disappear when things get real

You reel me in when I pull away

Then leave me hanging every time

I thought I was the one you chose

But I was just another in your line

One girl on a hook

One girl on a hook

I thought I was the one you chose

But I was just another in your line

You wanted my phone wide open

While you kept yours turned face down

Said be a good woman, don’t do what I do

Then wondered why I had my doubts

You took your phone into the shower

Sat in your car to make your calls

Took walks so I couldn’t hear the talking

Then blamed me for seeing all the walls

You stayed late at work, then lost your way to me

Came up acting different, like I wouldn’t see

Had me second-guessing every little sign

While you joked I was first in a line

You kept the truth just blurry enough

To make me question what I knew

Then pulled me close when I got tired

Like love was something you could use

You called me baby in the darkness

Called me friend when daylight came

Gave me just enough to hold on

Then made me feel crazy for the pain

I used to blame myself for seeing shadows

Used to think my heart was out of line

But you kept casting doubt like bait in shallow water

And I kept biting every time

Now I see the game

Now I see the pattern

You only panic when I’m almost gone

You don’t want my love

You want me waiting

Like a hook you can leave hanging on

You went looking in the comments

Just to learn how they play

How to reel a heart in

Then keep it from getting away

Called it curiosity

When I started seeing signs

Like I wasn’t already tangled in your line

I’m not one girl on a hook

Not one of many in your line

You don’t get to call me baby

Then disappear when things get real

You don’t get to reel me in

Just to leave me hanging every time

No more waiting on your line

No more drowning in your lies

No more begging you to choose

When you know what you do

I thought I was the one you chose

But I’m cutting myself loose tonight