don’t blame

Verse 1

We were building something fragile

Out of timing and excuses

Out of things we never said

And habits we got used to

Every dream stayed in the distance

Never close enough to hold

I kept bending every boundary

Just to make us feel like home

I learned how to swallow questions

Let the moment pass me by

Called it “understanding”

Every time I crossed my lines

Pre-Chorus

You said, “Love doesn’t always feel like fire,”

But it shouldn’t feel like growing tired

Chorus

I don’t blame you

I just stopped abandoning me

For a version of forever

That wouldn’t let me be free

If letting go is part of healing

Then I’m choosing to breathe

I don’t blame you

I just finally heard

What I need

Verse 2

I could hear it in your silence

When the walls were going up

How you’d pull away so gently

Any time it got too much

I kept giving into empty

Calling patience something pure

But love shouldn’t feel like begging

Just to feel a little sure

I was holding onto hope

Like it proved I was strong

But hope turns into weight

When you hold it too long

Pre-Chorus

You said, “This is all I have,”

But loving you shouldn’t feel like losing that

Chorus

I don’t blame you

I just stopped abandoning me

For a version of forever

That wouldn’t let me be free

If letting go is part of healing

Then I’m choosing to breathe

I don’t blame you

I just finally heard

What I need

I don’t blame you

I just stopped abandoning me

I stayed because leaving felt like losing ground

But staying felt like slowly fading out

This isn’t anger, it’s the truth out loud

Sometimes loving someone means walking out

I don’t need closure in apologies

I just need my heart back

Whole, in one piece

Final Chorus

I don’t blame you

I just stopped abandoning me

For a version of forever

That wouldn’t let me be free

If letting go is part of healing

Then this is my relief

I don’t blame you

I just finally chose

Peace

No I don’t blame you,

I just finally chose

Me