[Verse 1]
When you closed that door behind you
I told myself we’d be alright
Said maybe this was for the better
Maybe we’d been losing us for quite some time
But when the noise was finally over
And there was nothing left to fight
The silence hit me like an ocean
And I disappeared into the night
[Pre-Chorus]
I thought I’d lost my future
When I watched you leave my past
I didn’t know that letting go
Would lead me home at last
[Chorus]
‘Cause I thought I’d never get over you
Thought I’d always feel this way
Thought the life that we had built together
Was the best I’d ever make
I was terrified of being lonely
Of waking up with no one next to me
But somewhere through the breaking
Something changed inside of me
For the first time I don’t need somebody
To tell me who I’m supposed to be
I thought that I had lost you
But somewhere along the way
I found me
[Verse 2]
There’ve been mornings I felt stronger
There’ve been nights I’ve fallen back
Days I’ve missed the way you held me
Days I wouldn’t take you back
I’ve chased answers through the memories
I’ve wondered where it all went wrong
But every mile I’ve walked without you
I’ve learned that I can walk alone
[Pre-Chorus]
And I don’t hate the man I was then
He was doing what he knew
But I’m starting to become the man
I always wanted to
[Chorus]
I thought I’d never get over you
Thought I’d always feel this way
Thought I’d spend my life comparing
Everyone to yesterday
I was terrified of being lonely
Like alone meant incomplete
Now the quiet doesn’t scare me
There’s a strength inside that peace
For the first time I don’t need somebody
To tell me who I’m supposed to be
I thought that I had lost you
But somewhere along the way
I found me
[Bridge — piano drops back]
Maybe someday I’ll love somebody
Maybe someone walks beside me again
But I won’t need her there to save me
I won’t disappear inside her hands
And if nobody comes tomorrow
I’ve still got a life I want to lead
’Cause happiness was never someone
Standing next to me
[Final Chorus — full arrangement]
I thought I’d never get over you
Now look how far I’ve come
I’m not pretending it stopped hurting
I’m just not scared of what I’ve become
There are still days I miss the old life
Still moments that can bring me to my knees
But I’m building something stronger
And this time it’s built on me
I don’t need somebody to complete me
I don’t need another half to make me whole
You leaving felt like losing everything
But somehow losing you
Led me home
[Outro — solo piano]
I thought I’d never get over you
Maybe part of me never has to
I can love what we once were
And still let it be
I thought I lost my whole world
When you walked away from me
But somewhere in the silence…
I found me.