[Verse 1]
You brought a suitcase full of roses
Left them breathing by my door
Said my name like it was sacred
Like you'd never said it before
You knew the coffee that I ordered
Knew the scar beneath my sleeve
Made a home inside my weekend
Then you vanished when I believed
[Pre-Chorus]
Every promise had a golden edge
Every touch pulled me over the ledge
I was counting all the ways you'd stay
You were counting down to yesterday
[Chorus]
You loved me loud, then left me quiet
Put forever in my hands, then denied it
Built a room around my heart
Just to make a clean escape
Now I'm standing with your flowers
While you run back to the love you couldn't shake
You made me feel chosen
Then chose her anyway
[Verse 2]
You sent breakfast to my office
Put your jacket on my chair
Told my friends I was your future
Like I was already there
Then her name lit up your phone screen
And your whole face changed its shape
You said, "It's complicated, baby"
Like that made the damage safe
[Pre-Chorus]
All those midnight declarations
All that sweet intoxication
I mistook your urgency for truth
You were only trying to outrun her memory through me
[Chorus]
You loved me loud, then left me quiet
Put forever in my hands, then denied it
Built a room around my heart
Just to make a clean escape
Now I'm standing with your flowers
While you run back to the love you couldn't shake
You made me feel chosen
Then chose her anyway
[Bridge]
I hope she knows the version that you sold me
The careful words, the keys beneath the mat
I hope she asks you where you learned to hold me
And whether you ever meant a thing like that
I won't be your waiting room or remedy
I won't be proof that you can still be wanted
Take your grand apologies somewhere else
I'm done being the chapter you abandoned
[Final Chorus]
You loved me loud, but I hear clearly
All that gold was just a chain around me
You built a room around my heart
Now I know the way to break
Keep the roses, keep the story
Keep the promises you made to ease your shame
You made me feel chosen
But I choose myself today
[Outro]
I choose myself today
No more borrowed love to carry
I choose myself today