Happy Memory
I never asked to be your always
Never needed forever, your last name
I knew some loves are just a season
A little fire, a little rain
I was okay being a soft smile
A passing thought when our song came on
A sunset that could pull you backwards
For just a second, then move on
I could live with being a memory
Something warm, something bittersweet
A late-night laugh, a “damn, that was nice”
A happy moment forever in time.
But you took her to our old places
Same red wine, same rooftop view
Same beach, same hotel, same damn playlist
Like rewriting us made loving you new
I could handle being replaced
That’s life, people leave, people choose
But what cuts deep, what breaks me open
Is watching you erase the proof
You replaced me, then erased me
Turned our story into scenery
Made our moments someone else’s dream
Like I was never what I seemed
You replaced me, then erased me
Took the joy and rewrote history
I was fine being your yesterday
But why’d you have to take that from me?
I didn’t need to be your future
Didn’t need a ring, didn’t need forever
Just wanted those old photographs
To feel like they meant something at the time.
Now your whole life looks so perfect
Clean white sheets and champagne nights
And maybe she is everything
But did you have to kill my peace
I could’ve stayed your happy memory
A quiet place your mind still goes
Not this stranger in my own story
Wondering if we were ever true
You replaced me, then erased me
Turned our love into a mystery
Made our moments someone else’s dream
Like I was never what I seemed
You replaced me, then erased me
Took the joy and rewrote history
I was fine being your yesterday
But why’d you have to take that from me?
Tell me, was it so hard
To let the past stay beautiful?
Does loving her mean killing me
Making me feel like I was nothing to you
I could live with being gone
I just can’t live with never being true
You replaced me… I survived it
But being erased is what broke me in two
