Let you be you

Verse 1
I see it now in the silence you keep
The way your smile don’t reach like it used to reach
I said things I can’t take back, I know
Turned love into a battlefield, made it cold

I drew lines where there shouldn’t be
Turned your light into insecurity
And every time you tried to breathe
I made it harder just to be

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Pre-Chorus
And I hate the man I was in those moments
Breaking the heart I was supposed to hold

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Chorus
I’m sorry that I lied to you
Sorry I made you cry like I do
Sorry I picked every fight
Turned your days into long nights

I’m sorry I made you feel small
Like you weren’t enough at all
But the truth is you’re everything to me
And I never let you be free

Most of all, I’m sorry I didn’t let you be you

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Verse 2
You gave me love with open hands
And I closed mine, didn’t understand
I let my fears turn into chains
And wrapped them tight around your name

You deserved peace, not war with me
A safe place, not uncertainty
And every time you needed space
I made you feel out of place

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Pre-Chorus
If I could take it back, I swear I would
But all I’ve got is this truth standing where I stood

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Chorus
I’m sorry that I lied to you
Sorry I made you cry like I do
Sorry I picked every fight
Turned your days into long nights

I’m sorry I made you feel small
Like you weren’t enough at all
But the truth is you’re everything to me
And I never let you be free

Most of all, I’m sorry I didn’t let you be you

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Bridge
If love is letting go of control
Then I failed you, body and soul
But I’m learning now what love should be
Not holding tight—but letting breathe

If you ever find your way back here
I’ll love you different, I’ll make it clear
No more shadows, no more rules
Just a heart that makes room for you

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Final Chorus (Soft / Powerful)
I’m sorry that I lied to you
Sorry I broke what we once knew
Sorry I picked every fight
And dimmed your beautiful light

I’m sorry I made you feel wrong
For being who you were all along
‘Cause the truth is you’re everything to me
And I should’ve let you be free

Most of all…
I’m sorry I didn’t let you be you

R&b, male