Back to Zero

Verse 1

You spoke in calm, you spoke in truth

Said you were done with running loose

Hands were open, eyes looked steady

You said the words, “I think I’m ready”

I believed you, I leaned in slow

Safe is sacred, I should know

But I felt it underneath your skin

A silent war you never let me in

Pre-Chorus

’Cause when it’s real, it gets loud inside

And love don’t live where fear can hide

You want the home, you want the peace

But you flinch when you’re asked to keep it

Chorus

You say you’re ready, then you panic

You reach for love, then you can’t stand it

One step closer, two steps back

Every promise cracks when the past attacks

You call it timing, call it fate

But it’s your wounds pulling on the brake

If you don’t heal what you keep denying

You’ll keep breaking hearts that aren’t even trying

To hurt you

You’ll take us back to zero

Verse 2

You want commitment, you want a name

But you fear the mirror more than blame

So you build a story, shift the ground

Make me the storm when you’re the sound

I was steady, I was clear

I didn’t weaponize your fear

But my peace is not a place to bleed

And love is not a bandage for your need

Pre-Chorus

If you can’t hold what you ask to gain

Don’t pull someone else into your pain

A secure heart is not a test

It’s not a field for your unrest

Chorus

You say you’re ready, then you panic

You reach for love, then you can’t stand it

One step closer, two steps back

Every promise cracks when the past attacks

You call it timing, call it fate

But it’s your wounds pulling on the brake

If you don’t heal what you keep denying

You’ll keep breaking hearts that aren’t even trying

To hurt you

You’ll take us back to zero

Bridge

Do the work in the quiet, in the dark

Learn the language of your own heart

Get honest with the parts you hide

Stop calling healing “wasting time”

’Cause love isn’t chasing, love is choice

Love is showing up with a steady voice

And if you can’t stay when it’s tender and true

Then don’t ask a safe soul to carry you

Final Chorus

You say you’re ready, but you vanish

You reach for love, then you damage

One step closer, two steps back

You turn devotion into an aftermath

It’s not my job to pay your debt

I won’t drown so you can forget

So go and heal what you keep denying

Or you’ll keep leaving wreckage behind you

And you’ll call it “love,” but we both know

It’s just back to zero

Outro

You can be better, you can be new

But you can’t build a future on an unhealed truth

So don’t take a steady heart to war

If you haven’t learned what you’re fighting for