Not You

I said a prayer in the dark, whispered your name to the sky,

Begged God to take you from me ‘cause I couldn’t say goodbye.

You broke the trust that I gave, but you still called it my fault,

You cared more about my reaction than the wounds you left in my heart.

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I tried to carry the weight, but it was never mine to hold,

You kept rewriting the story, turning your lies into gold.

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But I had to be strong enough to walk away,

Even when my heart was begging me to stay.

You couldn’t be faithful, you couldn’t choose me—

But somehow you still tried to blame everything on me.

I prayed for the strength, and I finally saw the truth:

Losing you was the first thing I ever did for me, not you.

Verse 2

You watched me break from the hurt, acted surprised when I cried,

But you were counting reactions, not the damage inside.

I kept hoping you’d change, but you kept choosing the game,

And the saddest part of it all? You never carried the shame.

Pre-Chorus

I gave chances you wasted, trying to believe your words,

But loving you meant drowning, and I finally learned—

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That I had to be strong enough to walk away,

Even when my heart was begging me to stay.

You couldn’t be faithful, you couldn’t choose me—

But somehow you still tried to blame everything on me.

I prayed for the strength, and I finally saw the truth:

Losing you was the first thing I ever did for me, not you.

Bridge

I’m done apologizing for the pain you made,

Done taking the blame for the choices you laid.

I thought loving you was bravery, but walking away was more—

Now I’m standing at the doorway of a life worth fighting for.

Final Chorus

I’m strong enough now to walk away,

No more begging my heart to stay.

You couldn’t be loyal, couldn’t see what you had—

And you’ll always remember the woman you lost to your past.

I prayed for strength, and it carried me through—

Because loving myself meant letting go of you.