[Verse 1]
I gave you hours I could never get back,
Held up your world when it started to crack.
I gave you my patience, my heart and my trust,
Turned all of my “somedays” into things that we must.
I stood in the rain when you needed the sun,
Stayed when everybody else would've run.
I poured out my soul just to help you breathe,
Never once asking what you could give me.
[Pre-Chorus]
But somewhere along the way,
I became yesterday,
A chapter you finished
And threw away.
[Chorus]
When you had no use for me,
You let me fall like I meant nothing.
All those years, all that energy,
Suddenly worth absolutely nothing.
I was your shelter when the storm came down,
Your steady hands when you were breaking down.
But when your life no longer needed me,
You turned your back and set me free.
Like I was only ever something you could use—
Until you had no use for me.
[Verse 2]
I learned your silence, I knew every scar,
Knew where you were hurting, knew who you are.
I carried your burdens like they were my own,
Made sure you never had to face them alone.
I celebrated every mountain you climbed,
Even when your victories came at the cost of mine.
I made myself smaller so you'd have your space,
And somehow still ended up taking the blame.
[Pre-Chorus]
Now I'm standing here wondering
What I was worth,
If love disappears
The moment I'm not needed first.
[Chorus]
When you had no use for me,
You let me fall like I meant nothing.
All those years, all that energy,
Suddenly worth absolutely nothing.
I was your shelter when the storm came down,
Your steady hands when you were breaking down.
But when your life no longer needed me,
You turned your back and set me free.
Like I was only ever something you could use—
Until you had no use for me.
[Bridge]
Maybe I confused being needed
With being loved.
Maybe I mistook your dependence
For something it wasn't.
Because love doesn't keep a ledger
Of everything you give.
Love doesn't throw you away
When it finds another reason to live.
And God, I wish I'd known
That giving everything
Doesn't guarantee
Someone will stay.
[Final Chorus]
When you had no use for me,
You erased everything we had.
All the nights I stayed beside you,
All the good times, all the bad.
I was there when nobody else was,
I gave you more than I could afford.
But the second I stopped serving your purpose,
I wasn't worth keeping anymore.
So take everything you took from me,
Every piece you made your own.
I'll rebuild what you left broken,
I'll learn to stand alone.
And maybe one day you'll remember
The person who gave you everything—
Not because they needed something back,
But because they genuinely cared.
And when you have no use for me,
I'll finally have no use for you.