YOU NEVER HAD TO TRY

**Verse I**
You never had to try
I met you halfway every time
I kept dragging my heart across the floor
Just to keep you in my life

You mistook my patience for permission
My love for something you could waste
I kept waiting for you to change
You kept waiting for me to break

**Pre-Chorus**
I asked for effort
You gave me excuses
I asked for honesty
You gave me silence

**Chorus**
YOU NEVER HAD TO TRY
I DID ALL THE WORK FOR YOU
I CARRIED US BOTH
UNTIL I HAD NOTHING LEFT TO PROVE

I GAVE YOU MY HEART
LIKE IT WAS DISPOSABLE
YOU LET IT BLEED
LIKE IT WAS REPLACEABLE

**Verse II**
You loved how much I forgave
You hated when I remembered
Every time I spoke my pain
You said I was making it bigger

I learned how to doubt myself
Before I doubted you
I learned how to apologize
For things you put me through

**Pre-Chorus**
Say you were trying
Say you were scared
But you watched me suffer
And never met me there

**Chorus**
YOU NEVER HAD TO TRY
I DID ALL THE WORK FOR YOU
I HELD US TOGETHER
WHILE YOU PULLED US IN TWO

I GAVE YOU MY TRUST
YOU TURNED IT AGAINST ME
I CALLED IT LOVE
YOU CALLED IT CONVENIENCE

**Bridge (quiet, bitter)**
Don’t say you loved me
If you only loved what I gave
Don’t say you cared
If you watched me fade

I wasn’t asking for perfection
I was asking for you

**Breakdown (angry, raw)**
I STAYED
YOU COASTED
I FOUGHT
YOU NOTICED

WHEN I FINALLY BROKE
YOU ACTED SURPRISED

**Final Chorus (full, emotional)**
YOU NEVER HAD TO TRY
AND THAT’S WHAT HURTS THE MOST
I BLED FOR THIS
YOU NEVER EVEN GOT CLOSE

I GAVE YOU EVERYTHING
AND YOU STILL WALKED AWAY
DON’T CALL IT BAD TIMING
YOU JUST NEVER CHOSE ME

**Outro**
I don’t hate you
I hate that I made it easy
For you to leave.

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Alt Metal
Prog Metal
R&B, Ambient, and Djent
Clean vocals (baritone - tenor)
Distorted, gritty cleans
Harsh
Male vocals