More Than Useful

Verse 1
I used to stay where I was needed
Not where I was known
Held up walls for other people
While my heart stood there alone
Every “thank you” felt like sunlight
But it faded way too fast
Turns out I was just convenient
A shadow they could cast
Pre-Chorus
I wore myself down to keep the peace
Carried weight that wasn't mine
But truth has a way of rising up
When you finally read the signs
Chorus
I'm done being loved just for what I do
Done being the fix when they’re falling through
I’m more than the hands they reach for in pain
More than the shelter in someone else's rain
I see the masks and the hollow smiles
The borrowed love that only lasts a while
So I'm walking away, letting the truth be seen
For the first time in my life
I’m choosing me
Verse 2
Funny how the silence echoes
When you stop giving more
All the ones who swore they loved you
Don’t come knocking at the door
Turns out loyalty was one-way
A road I walked alone
Now the fog has finally lifted
And their colors have been shown
Pre-Chorus
No more bending just to belong
No more drowning just to breathe
The hardest truth I ever learned
Was the one that set me free
Chorus
I'm done being loved just for what I do
Done being the fix when they’re falling through
I’m more than the hands they reach for in pain
More than the shelter in someone else's rain
I see the masks and the hollow smiles
The borrowed love that only lasts a while
So I'm walking away, letting the truth be seen
For the first time in my life
I’m choosing me
Bridge
I gave them the best parts of my soul
They gave me applause when they needed control
But strength isn't staying where you're torn apart
Sometimes the bravest thing
Is guarding your heart
Final Chorus
I'm done being loved just for what I do
Done being the answer they always knew
I’m more than the silence that carries their pain
More than the sunshine after their rain
I see them clearly, no disguise
No more believing their pretty lies
So I'm walking away, finally free
For the first time in my life
I’m choosing me
Outro
Let them wonder why I’m gone
Let them say I’ve changed somehow
I didn’t lose who I was back then
I just found myself now.

Khalid, male, pop, electro, witch house, techno, rap.