[Verse 1]
He slams the door
Says "I'm just tired"
You taste the anger in the air
A coffee mug
Another night
Shattered pieces by the chair
He says he’d never cross that line
But every line’s already blurred
You tell your friends it’s not that bad
And swallow down each burning word
[Pre-Chorus]
How does a hand that held you shaking
Turn into the storm you’re bracing?
[Chorus]
What makes a heart turn sharp like that?
Cut the one it’s dreaming of
Is it ghosts from way back when?
Is it power dressed as love?
Why do we stay when it hurts like hell?
Call it fear
Call it faith
Call it fate
We keep on standing in the fire we hate
And we stay
And we stay
[Verse 2]
She knows his childhood like a map
Every story
Every scar
Blames the bottle
Blames his father
Blames the stress and not his heart
He breaks you down
Then builds you up
Says
"Baby
I’ll get help this time"
You trace forgiveness on his back
And edit truth inside your mind
[Pre-Chorus]
Is it the hope that keeps you holding
Or all the threats he left unspoken?
[Chorus]
[Bridge]
Maybe love got mixed with mercy
Maybe pain got tagged as fate
Maybe "sorry" sounds like worship
When you’re starved to feel safe
Maybe leaving feels like jumping
Off a life you helped create
So you pray today is different
While the same old patterns wait
[Chorus]