Only There for the Noise

Verse 1

Fifteen years on the timeline, thought you knew my name

I was bleeding in your driveway, you were loving the flame

Every time I tried to speak, you turned it into a race

I was drowning in the water, you were measuring the waves

You said, “I’ve had it worse,” like it canceled my pain

You wore my worst moments like a badge you could claim

Yeah, you showed up when it shattered, I won’t say you didn’t

But you watched it like a movie, not a friend in the wreckage

Pre-Chorus

I mistook the noise for love

And your voice for enough

Chorus

You were only there for the noise

For the wreckage, the smoke, the echo of my voice

When I found something real, you disappeared overnight

Couldn’t stand to see me choose a different kind of life

You called it concern, I call it control

You fed on the cracks in my broken home

I needed a friend, you needed a show

You were only there for the noise

Verse 2

You talked over my truth like it owed you the floor

Had a story for every scar, had to make it yours

When I started healing, you started acting strange

Like my happiness was something you couldn’t explain

Stopped calling, stopped checking, like I crossed a line

Funny how love made you leave when pain made you mine

You blamed the world, blamed her, blamed the timing, the fall

But you never once asked how I was at all

Pre-Chorus

I carried you longer than I carried myself

Called it loyalty, should’ve called it something else

Chorus

You were only there for the noise

For the chaos, the thrill, the damage you enjoyed

When I found something steady, something warm, something true

You faded to silence like you always do

You needed me small so you could feel tall

Needed my collapse so you wouldn’t fall

I needed a friend, you needed a role

You were only there for the noise

Bridge

Maybe you wanted her

Maybe you wanted me

Maybe you just wanted to be needed desperately

But wanting without honesty

Turns love into rivalry

I don’t hate you, I just see

What this friendship cost in me

Breakdown

I don’t owe you my pain

I don’t owe you my past

I don’t owe you a front-row seat

To a life that finally lasts

Final Chorus

You were only there for the noise

Not the quiet mornings or the healing choice

When the drama died, so did the line

Guess peace was something you couldn’t stand beside

I wish you well, I really do

But I won’t bleed just to be close to you

I chose myself, I found my voice

You were only there for the noise

Outro

If you reach out someday, know this is true—

I’m open to change, but not to losing me for you.