I Thought I Knew You

You wore that grin like a badge

Said you’d never fold

I kept your spare key on my chain

Like a story I was sold

Back seat crumbs, gas station coffee

Your jacket on my floor

I knew your laugh, your worst mood

Thought I knew you more

You said, “ride or die”

I heard forever in your tone

Now I’m staring at your shadow

Like I never had a home

Then the floor moved

And the mask cracked

Your name hit different

When the truth came back

I thought I knew you

I thought I knew you

You turned that page on me

I thought I knew you

I thought I knew you

Now I see what you need

Late-night texts, all fire, all talk

Little lies in a row

You kept the good parts for the crowd

Left the rest down below

I held your weight when it got heavy

You held mine at arm’s length

Funny how trust can look like steel

Till it snaps without a strength

Now your voice sounds thin

Like a screen door in the rain

I don’t chase what keeps on changing

I won’t spell out your name

Then the floor moved

And the mask cracked

Your name hit different

When the truth came back

I thought I knew you

I thought I knew you

You turned that page on me

I thought I knew you

I thought I knew you

Now I see what you need

Say it plain

Was it ever real?

Or just a scene

You knew how to steal?

I’m not breaking

I’m waking up

What you hid

Was always enough

I thought I knew you

I thought I knew you

You turned that page on me

I thought I knew you

I thought I knew you

Now I see what you need

I thought I knew you

I thought I knew you

But I don’t owe that dream

I thought I knew you

I thought I knew you

And I’m finally set free