The One Who Stayed

[Verse 1]
She sat on the floor
Reading all our broken texts
You were out of state again
Out of bed with someone else
Coffee getting cold
Her eyes on my shaking hands
I said
"I don't know why I stayed"
She said
"I fucking understand"
[Chorus]
You’re the one who stayed
When the truth cut through like glass
Held me while I screamed her name
And begged the past to drag me back
You’re the one who stayed
Through every fucked-up
Twisted fade
I gave my heart to a traitor
Gave my rage to the one who stayed
[Verse 2]
You watched me call her
Just to hear another lie
"Baby
It was only once"
While I heard echoes in the line
You took my phone away
Threw it at the bedroom wall
Said
"She gets your every excuse
I get your fucking fallout"
[Chorus]
You’re the one who stayed
When my chest was all regret
I kept defending a ghost
While you cleaned up the fucking wreck
You’re the one who stayed
When I swore I’d never change
I chased a body that broke me
Then bled on the one who stayed
[Bridge]
I loved her like a fever
Hated you for holding ice
Loved you like a slow cure
Hated that you paid her price
Fuck the way she said my name
Soft and fake and sugar-sweet
Fuck the way you said it shaking
And still stood on your own two feet (yeah)
[Chorus]
You’re the one who stayed
When I was begging for her touch
Every "fuck you" that I threw
You carried when it got too much
You’re the one who stayed
And I’m the one who turned away
I lost my soul to a cheater
Then found my heart in the one who stayed

rock, Modern emo-infused hard rock with male vocals; palm-muted, overdriven guitars in the verses, half-time tom-heavy drums, chorus explodes with wide power chords, octave leads, and stacked gang shouts. Bass grinds in the midrange, bridge drops to a tense, reverb-soaked clean guitar before crashing back in with double-time kit and a screamed final hook. Vocal goes from bitter spoken-sneer to raw, almost breaking belted notes., emo, alternative rock, hard rock