[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.

I Failed You