[Verse 1]
You cut your hair
Switched your coffee to black
Started running at sunrise
Never called me back
You said you were growing
You said you could breathe
I watched you become someone
You never were with me
[Chorus]
He changed
I stayed
Guess I was the price he paid
For the man he swore he’d be
(Just not with me)
I gave all I had to give
Now I’m learning how to live
With the truth that still aches quietly
He changed
But not for me
[Verse 2]
You said “I love you”
On that cracked leather couch
I believed every word
Every soft
Sleepy sound
Now I’m scared of that sentence
It cuts when I speak
How do I trust
What can vanish in weeks?
[Chorus]
He changed
I stayed
Guess I was the price he paid
For the man he swore he’d be
(Just not with me)
I gave all I had to give
Now I’m learning how to live
With the truth that still aches quietly
He changed
But not for me
[Bridge]
Was I too much?
Or not enough?
Did I hold on
A little too tough?
I scroll through our pictures
Like they’re someone else’s scenes
Trying to find that feeling
That kept slipping out of me
[Chorus]
He changed
I stayed
Guess I was the price he paid
For the man he swore he’d be
(Just not with me)
I gave all I had to give
Now I’m learning how to live
With a heart that’s finally choosing me
He changed
But I’ll change for me