I Thought You Meant It

**Verse I**
I treated your words like shelter
Like something that would hold
I learned too late they were only
Warm until I got too close

I called it love when you disappeared
Called it patience when you stayed away
I kept lowering my voice
Hoping you’d hear me someday

**Pre-Chorus**
I asked for honesty
You gave me time
And I waited
Until I ran out

**Chorus**
I thought you meant it
Every time you said my name
I thought the quiet was kindness
Not you slowly pulling away

I gave you my heart carefully
Like it was fragile, like it was true
I didn’t know I was giving it
To someone already halfway through

**Verse II**
You loved me best when I asked for nothing
When I didn’t need to be held
I learned how to be easy
So I wouldn’t be someone else to fail

I made excuses for the distance
Called it space, called it growth
I kept standing in the doorway
Waiting for you to come home

**Pre-Chorus**
Say you didn’t notice
Say you were trying
But you saw me fading
And let it happen

**Chorus**
I thought you meant it
When you said “just stay”
I thought the silence was temporary
Not you choosing to walk away

I gave you everything gently
Like love was something to prove
I didn’t know I was breaking myself
Just to be easier to lose

**Bridge (soft, resigned)**
If this was love
It shouldn’t feel like this
If I was important
You wouldn’t miss

Me hurting
Me waiting
Me needing more

**Final Chorus (full but fragile)**
I thought you meant it
I thought I mattered somehow
I thought if I loved you correctly
You wouldn’t leave me now

I gave you my whole heart slowly
Piece by piece, until there was none
I didn’t lose you in a moment
I lost myself one quiet one

**Outro**
I don’t hate you
I just wish
You hadn’t let me believe.

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