The Truth
Verse 1
There are nights I sit with myself
Asking questions I don’t say out loud
Did I love you too openly
Did I make forever sound too loud?
Did I reach for you too quickly
When you were still learning how to breathe?
Or did I stand too far in the distance
When you were silently needing me?
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Pre-Chorus
I keep searching every memory
For the moment I got it wrong
Because loving you felt so natural
But losing you feels just as strong
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Chorus
I was never the one you needed to run from
Never the storm you had to survive
I was the arms waiting open
Every single time
And when you go silent
God, it kills me slow
Because all I want
Is to be the place you go
Where you don’t have to be strong
Where you don’t have to pretend
Where you don’t have to fear
Losing me in the end
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Verse 2
I meant every word about choosing you
Even when I said I could be alone
That was strength, not distance
Not a threat… not a warning tone
I was saying I stay because I want you
Not because I need somewhere to hide
But I wonder if you heard
“I can leave”
Instead of
“I’m choosing you every time”
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Pre-Chorus 2
And I see the way you test the ground
Like love might break beneath your feet
But I was never building something fragile
I was building something meant to keep
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Chorus
I was never the one you needed to run from
Never the storm you had to survive
I was the arms waiting open
Every single time
And when you go silent
It’s louder than goodbye
Because I don’t know
If you’re hurting
Or just learning
How to live without my light
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Bridge (Raw Core)
What hurts isn’t loving you
What hurts isn’t staying through fear
What hurts is wondering
If I was safe for you
Or just safe to disappear into
When life got too heavy to carry alone
What hurts is loving someone
Who might never believe
They deserve
The way I see them
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Break (Almost Spoken)
I wasn’t here to win you
I was here to build with you
I wasn’t here to fix you
I was here to stand with you
I just needed you
To stand with me too
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Final Chorus (Release / Acceptance + Love Still There)
I was never the one you needed to run from
Never the war you had to fight
I was the quiet place waiting
With the porch light on at night
And if you ever come back
To the truth you couldn’t see
I was never asking you to be perfect
Just safe
Just honest
Just here
With me
Yazy
