You Built The Damage

It’s one thing just to feel it
Another thing to know
To watch you play so innocent
Like I don’t see the show

Call it my delusion
Say I’m “too much” again
But I can read between the lines
You never learned to bend

One day I’m cutting ties
Next day I let you stay
I hate the way I memorize
Every word you say

I’m not blinded by emotion
I just finally see it clear
You keep calling it confusion
But you built the damage here

Yeah I keep pulling away
But you keep pulling me back
Like I owe you something sacred
While you stab me in the back

Every promise broken
Every truth you tried to steal
You say it’s time I let you go…
Yeah, I know—but I won’t heal

Was I just a lesson
Something you outgrew?
Or did you need somebody
Who believed the lies you used?

You fed me contradictions
Then blamed me for the doubt
Now you’re shocked I see the pattern
That you tried to smooth out

One day I’m walking out
Next day I’m at your door
I hate that I still want you
After everything you tore

I’m not blinded by emotion
I just finally see it clear
You keep calling it confusion
But you built the damage here

Yeah I keep pulling away
But you keep pulling me back
Like I owe you something sacred
While you stab me in the back

Every promise broken
Every truth you tried to steal
You say it’s time I let you go…
Yeah, I know—but I won’t heal

You don’t get to rewrite this
Like I’m the one who changed
You don’t get to play the victim
Of the mess that you made

And I tried—God, I tried
To be smaller, to be kind
But I lost myself in pieces
Just to keep you satisfied

I’m not blinded by emotion
I’m just done ignoring truth
You keep hiding behind silence
Like it isn’t all on you

Yeah I keep pulling away
And this time I won’t come back
You don’t get to hold my heart
While you’re breaking it like that

Every promise broken
Every lie you tried to seal
You say it’s time I let you go…
Yeah, this time—I will

female, alternative pop, pop rock, trauma pop.