What About Mine

[Verse 1]
You said you’re tired of trying
Told me you’re done this time
Like all my words were lying
Like all my tears are fine
I’m standing in the kitchen
Holding my tongue like glass
Watching your back go rigid
Like we were built to crack
[Chorus]
I’m sorry
I disappointed you
But what about my feeling
I’m breaking right in front of you
Why is your comfort sacred
Why must my voice stay quiet every time
Why only your happiness matters
What about mine
What about mine
[Verse 2]
You count the ways I failed you
Like tally marks on skin
But every cut you gave me
Doesn’t seem to count as sin
You say I’m always selfish
For wanting to be seen
Is it wrong to need a softness
That you never save for me
[Chorus]
I’m sorry
I disappointed you
But what about my feeling
I’m breaking right in front of you
Why is your comfort sacred
Why must my heart feel smaller every time
Why only your happiness matters
What about mine
What about mine
[Bridge]
If I vanish to make you smile
Would you even see the space I leave behind
If I swallow every hurt
Every doubt
Every trial
Would it ever
Ever be enough this time
[Chorus]
I’m sorry
I disappointed you
But what about my feeling
I’m tired of apologizing to you
Why is your comfort sacred
Why must my dreams be something I resign
Why only your happiness matters
What about mine
(what about mine)
What about mine

Moody pop ballad with sparse piano and warm pads under intimate female vocals; verses stay close and confessional, then chorus swells with layered harmonies, deep reverb, and a steady, soft kick building into a final, aching hook that lingers