[Verse 1 – fragile, breaking down]
I see your pictures… all the nights you stayed,
All the love you gave, every debt you paid.
You gave me everything, even when I was cold,
And I… I never saw the gold I held.
Every warning, every tear you cried,
I let the best love slip quietly by.
[Pre-Chorus – trembling, voice cracking]
I spoke in pride when I should’ve spoken love,
Turned your heartache into wars I never rose above.
I made you small, clipped the wings you spread,
And I didn’t know what I had until you left my bed.
[Chorus – raw, remorseful collapse]
I lost you…
I didn’t know what I had until you walked away.
You loved me harder than I ever deserved,
And I let it fade while I stayed.
Every touch you offered, I let go to waste,
Every chance to hold you, I erased.
I loved you in glimpses, but I never stayed,
And now I see every single way I betrayed.
You gave your all… and I… I didn’t see,
Until you walked, and it hit me fully—what you were to me.
[Verse 2 – shattering, self-loathing]
I turned your care into my cage,
Made your heart fight while I stayed in my rage.
Every doubt you had about yourself, I fed,
Never realizing I was the weight on your head.
You stopped defending me, stopped the fight,
And I see now… that peace was your right.
[Pre-Chorus 2 – quiet, cracking open]
I see you standing in the glass I broke,
Not the girl I wanted, but the love I never spoke.
I carried pride while you carried us,
And now I face the ruin I caused with my own disgust.
[Chorus – fuller, grief-stricken]
I lost you…
I didn’t know what I had until you walked away.
You poured more love into me than I deserved,
And I let it fade while I stayed unnerved.
Every word, every touch, every time I failed,
I watch it now, and the truth unveiled.
I loved your heart… and I let it go,
Now I see everything I’ll never know.
[Bridge – broken, whispered]
I didn’t leave because love was gone,
I left it lying there while I held on wrong.
I broke your heart that gave me the sun,
And now I burn in shadows of what I’ve done.
I never knew how bright your light could shine
Until it left me… and I lost what was mine.
[Final Chorus – quiet devastation, aching]
I lost you…
I didn’t know what I had until you walked away.
You gave everything, and I let it decay.
Some goodbyes aren’t loud—they’re quiet screams,
And I hear them now in all my shattered dreams.
I’ll carry the weight, but I’ll never replace
The love I destroyed, the hurt I can’t face.
I loved you… and I lost the only one
Who ever gave all she had… and I let it run.
[Outro – whispered, fading]
Yeah…
I didn’t know until you were gone.
