Trust Issues

Verse 1
She learned love with the lights turned low,
Promises whispered, then let go.
Blood ran thicker but cut the deepest,
Smiles hid truth they never kept.
Family ties felt like chains on her chest,
Told her “be strong,” never let her rest.

Pre-Chorus
Every hug had a hidden cost,
Every “forever” already lost.
So she packed her heart, folded tight,
Left it safe in the quiet nights.

Chorus
Now she stays to herself, yeah she stays inside,
Built these walls just to survive.
Trust don’t come easy, love feels wrong,
When everybody you loved did you harm.
She don’t hate, she just don’t need the pain,
So she dances alone in the pouring rain.
She stays to herself, yeah she learned too well,
Sometimes lonely feels safer than hell.

Verse 2
Friends said “I got you,” then disappeared,
Turned her tears into souvenirs.
Spoke her name in rooms she never saw,
Left her heart on a rumor’s floor.
She gave her all, got half back,
Every smile came with a knife in her back.

Pre-Chorus
So she reads people from across the room,
Feels the lie before the truth blooms.
She don’t rush, she don’t explain,
Peace is worth more than love with chains.

Chorus
Now she stays to herself, yeah she stays inside,
Built these walls just to survive.
Trust don’t come easy, love feels wrong,
When everybody you loved did you harm.
She don’t hate, she just don’t need the pain,
So she dances alone in the pouring rain.
She stays to herself, yeah she learned too well,
Sometimes lonely feels safer than hell.

Bridge
Don’t mistake her silence for weakness,
She survived storms you never witnessed.
Heart still beats, just behind a lock,
Waiting for love that won’t make it stop.

Breakdown (soft)
If you get close, don’t rush her scars,
She’s been broken by familiar arms.
She ain’t cold, she’s just aware,
Love gotta be gentle if it’s gonna stay there.

Final Chorus
Yeah she stays to herself, but she still feels deep,
Cries to songs when she can’t sleep.
Still believes, just not in lies,
She needs truth, not alibis.
One day love might call her name,
And mean it more than yesterday’s pain.
Till then she’ll guard her heart like wealth,
‘Cause sometimes healing looks like staying to yourself.

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