[Verse]
I wanted to be needed
More than I wanted to admit
There was comfort in the feeling
That I mattered somewhere in it
So I gave without a question
Every time you reached for me
Never asking what was left
When you took another piece
[Pre-Chorus]
I thought dependence meant devotion
Thought you'd do the same for me
But you needed what I gave you
You never needed me
[Chorus]
I gave until there wasn't
Anything you hadn't touched
Called exhaustion loyalty
Called the bare minimum enough
And I would've kept on giving
That's the worst part I can see
I wanted to be needed
You just wanted things from me
[Verse]
I remember making excuses
For the silence when I fell
How I'd answer every calling
You could never hear me yell
I kept lowering the standard
Just to keep you next to me
Till the absence of your effort
Was the only honesty
[Pre-Chorus]
I thought history meant something
Thought you'd feel the weight I carried
But you needed what I gave you
You never needed me
[Chorus]
I gave until there wasn't
Anything you hadn't touched
Called exhaustion loyalty
Called the bare minimum enough
And I would've kept on giving
That's the worst part I can see
I wanted to be needed
You just wanted things from me
[Bridge]
And I don't need to call it hatred
I don't need an apology
Don't need you to understand it
You already showed me everything
There was never some great ending
No last truth I couldn't see
You stayed while I had something
That you thought you still might need
[Breakdown]
And maybe that's what hurts the most
Not losing what we used to be
But knowing I was mourning something
That only mattered that way to me
You needed what I gave you...
You never needed me
[Final Chorus]
I gave until there wasn't
Anything you hadn't touched
You can keep the years I wasted
They don't mean what I thought they meant
I don't need to call it hatred
I don't need an apology
I wanted to be needed
You wanted something free
[Outro]
I wanted to be needed...
And you knew that about me.
You needed what I gave you.
You never needed me.
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