Unloved Loyalty

(Verse 1)

Yeah, I'm standin' right here, lookin' at this cracked mirror

Reflectin' on years I spent tryin' to make my feelin's clearer

You was my ride or die, or so I thought you were supposed to be

But loyalty ain't worth a dime when it don't come back to me

I poured my whole cup out, tried to fill up your empty space

Ignored the cold shoulder, the distant look upon your face

They told me to walk away, said "Girl, you're givin' all you got!"

But I held on to the promise, to the dream that time forgot.

(Pre-Chorus)

Used to think this was love, baby, the bittersweet kind of rain

Now I know the difference between the pleasure and the pain

'Cause this kind of loyalty? It became my heaviest chain.

(Chorus)

Oh, I was loyal, fiercely loyal, through the heartache and the storm

Built you a shelter with my heart, tried to keep your spirit warm

But you looked right past me, baby, treated my truth like a lie

You loved the comfort of my presence, but you never loved I

It's a heavy kind of burden, this beautiful, broken trust

A pain I carried for your sake, but I'm shakin' off the dust

This unloved loyalty? Never again, I'm tellin' you now

I’d rather walk this empty road than ever take that vow.

(Verse 2)

Remember late nights, you callin' me stressed out and low?

I was there in a minute, puttin' on my coat and ready to go

Dried your tears, fixed your crown, spoke life into your soul

While you kept my spirit waitin', deep in a dark hole

I kept my commitments, kept my words sacred and true

Waiting for the day you'd finally see the woman next to you

But that day ain't comin', the silence is my only sign

I wasted my good faith on a man who wasn't ever mine.

(Pre-Chorus)

Used to think this was love, baby, the bittersweet kind of rain

Now I know the difference between the pleasure and the pain

'Cause this kind of loyalty? It became my heaviest chain.

(Chorus)

Oh, I was loyal, fiercely loyal, through the heartache and the storm

Built you a shelter with my heart, tried to keep your spirit warm

But you looked right past me, baby, treated my truth like a lie

You loved the comfort of my presence, but you never loved I

It's a heavy kind of burden, this beautiful, broken trust

A pain I carried for your sake, but I'm shakin' off the dust

This unloved loyalty? Never again, I'm tellin' you now

I’d rather walk this empty road than ever take that vow.

(Bridge)

I ain't mad at the me that gave you everything, no

I'm just wiser than the fool who refused to let go

You gave me a lesson, wrote it on my heart in scar tissue

But my future ain't tied to the things that I'm gonna miss you...

(Outro)

Hear me now... I'm choosin' me over us

My love deserves better than crumbs, better than just lust

Go on, walk away, take your shadow with you when you leave

'Cause unloved loyalty is the last sorrow I'll ever weave.

(Ad-libs: Never again... No more... Walk away... Gotta choose me, baby...)