Never again

I used to leave the door unlocked
For every story that you told
Every excuse, every twisted truth
I held it like it was gold

You said the world had done you wrong
So I carried half your weight
I thought loyalty meant believing you
Even when it didn’t make sense


I kept rewriting all the signs
Calling red flags bad timing
I bent the truth just to keep the peace
While you kept perfecting the lying


I gave you the benefit of the doubt
Till there was nothing left of me
Every promise fell from your mouth
Like it was never meant to be

I stood beside you in the dark
While you were hiding in plain sight
Turns out the knife in my back
Was the one you swore you’d never hold that tight

I called it trust, you called it survival
But truth finally showed me how
You didn’t break me with the lies
I broke myself believing in you

Never again


You said I was the only one
Who ever stayed this long
But maybe that’s because the others
Saw the truth before it was gone

Every fight became my fault
Every boundary was a crime
You called my distance running away
I called it saving my life


I watched your stories fall apart
Thread by thread, excuse by excuse
And every time I tried to leave
You’d pull me back with a half-truth


I gave you the benefit of the doubt
Till there was nothing left of me
Every promise fell from your mouth
Like it was never meant to be

I stood beside you in the dark
While you were hiding in plain sight
Turns out the knife in my back
Was the one you swore you’d never hold that tight

I called it trust, you called it survival
But truth finally showed me how
You didn’t break me with the lies
I broke myself believing in you

Never again


The hardest part isn’t losing you
It’s knowing I ignored the proof
I kept hoping you’d become
The friend I thought I knew

But hope can make a liar look honest
And silence look like care
And love can keep you standing
In a room that isn’t fair

Final Chorus
I gave you the benefit of the doubt
But I won’t give it anymore
I see the cracks behind your words
I see the truth I missed before

You said I’d never walk away
You said I needed you somehow
But the last lie that you told
Was the one I believed till now

You didn’t break me with the lies
I see it clearly now

I shoulda known

You believe your own lies

You killed my soul with each and every one

I broke myself believing in you

Never again