She Deserves Better

You call me late

Red eyes

Shaky voice

Say you’re “just tired”

Like that’s your choice

I hear the fear

Between each word

You laugh it off

But it still hurts

I bite my tongue

Every single time

’Cause I know his name

Is tangled with your spine

She deserves better

Than breaking every night

You deserve someone

Who only holds you right

If you could see you

The way I see you now

You’d never beg for love

You’d never have to bow

I’m standing right here

Hoping you remember

You deserve better

You

You deserve better

You hide the marks

Under long sleeves

Say it was “nothing”

I can hardly breathe

You say he cries

Then you forgive

You call that love

I call it what it is

I take your hand

But I let it fall

’Cause you keep running

When I answer your call

She deserves better

Than breaking every night

You deserve someone

Who only holds you right

If you could see you

The way I see you now

You’d never beg for love

You’d never have to bow

I’m standing right here

Hoping you remember

You deserve better

You

You deserve better

If I could trade my heart

For all the pain he gave

I’d carry every scar

Just to keep you safe

Say the word

I’m there

Key in hand

Blue car

We could chase somewhere

Anywhere that’s far (from him)

She deserves better

Than breaking every night

You deserve someone

Who only holds you right

If you could see you

The way I see you now

You’d never beg for love

You’d never have to bow

I’m standing right here

Until you finally remember

You deserve better

You

You deserve better (my love)