Verse one:
I’ve been fighting for a place that I don’t belong.
Every night I try to prove it, like I’ve done a hundred times before.
But the truth keeps showing up in the quiet after all the trying.
And I see it in your eyes when you pull away, no use denying.
Verse two:
I kept lighting candles hoping you’d see home in me.
But I’m just casting shadows where the light should be.
Month after month of the same old dance, the same old hope and fall.
I’d do anything to keep you close, but close was never us.
chorus:
So I’m letting go, even though it kills me. I don’t wanna walk away, but I finally see clearly. I’ve been trying to make you love me like I’m meant to be the one. But that’s not love, that’s lying to the both of us. So I’m stepping back, I’m setting you free. Even if it breaks what’s left of me.
Bridge one:
I thought if I just loved you harder, maybe you’d forget the doubt.
But all I did was trap you in a story we can’t live without.
You deserve the real thing, not someone fighting to belong.
And I deserve to stop pretending I’ve been holding on this long.
Verse three:
And those moments when you wake up and you know it isn’t right.
That’s on me for painting pictures that were never mine to write.
I kept reaching for forever with hands that couldn’t hold.
Now I’m learning how to loosen what I swore I’d never fold.
chorus:
So I’m letting go, even though it kills me. I don’t wanna walk away, but I finally see clearly. I’ve been trying to make you love me like I’m meant to be the one. But that’s not love, that’s lying to the both of us. So I’m stepping back, I’m setting you free. Even if it breaks what’s left of me.
Bridge two:
So I’m letting go, I’m finally letting go.
I don’t want to, but I have to, and I think you know. No more trying to be the one when I’m clearly not
I’m done making you feel guilty for the truth you couldn’t face.
I’m setting you free, I’m setting me free too. Even if my heart don’t know what to do.
outro:
I’m letting go.
I’m letting go. For you. For me. For the both of us.
