Lyrics
[Verse 1]
I picked up your pieces
Held your secrets close
Sat through every storm
When you couldn't stay afloat
I watered dead ends
Stayed when you went cold
Taught you how to love
Then watched you let it go
[Pre-Chorus]
And now you look brand new
Like I made you shine
You wear my lessons
On another man's time
[Chorus]
Why do I have to be the one?
(Be the one)
To make you better for the next guy
For the next guy
I did the hard work, I paid the cost
(Paid the cost)
Now he gets the version I lost
The version I lost
[Verse 2]
I ironed out the wrinkles
You left in the dark
Lent you my patience
Gave you my heart
I fixed your broken edges
Made your habits soft
Now he gets the prize
For the price I lost
[Pre-Chorus]
You say I changed your life
Like it's something sweet
But all I hear is footsteps
Walking over me
[Chorus]
Why do I have to be the one?
(Be the one)
To make you better for the next guy
For the next guy
I did the hard work, I paid the cost
(Paid the cost)
Now he gets the version I lost
The version I lost
[Bridge]
Tell me what was I for
A lesson, a trial, a bridge?
You only loved me
For what I taught you to give
And I hate that I still care
After all you've done
You can call it growth
I call it stolen love
[Final Chorus]
Why do I have to be the one?
(Be the one)
To make you better for the next guy
For the next guy
I did the hard work, I paid the cost
(Paid the cost)
Now he gets the version I lost
The version I lost
Why do I have to be the one?
(Be the one)
To make you better for the next guy
For the next guy
Style
pop-r&b with a half-time groovewarm sub-basscrisp clap snapsand muted electric guitar pulses; verse stays intimate and sparsepre-chorus opens with rising harmony stacks and filtered padschorus lands with a short chantable hook and doubled lead vocalbridge strips to finger snaps and a lonely keyboard stab before the final chorus blooms. delay throws on key linesad-lib replies in the cornersglossy and ache-filled mix.
Prompt
Why do I have to be the one to make you better for the next guy . I do the hard work making you a better version of your self just for another man
Credits
Prompt by
SmoothHawk447
SmoothHawk447GeneratedJun 8, 2026
ModelAria v5.5
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