Words Ain’t Love

(Verse 1)

You say you've watched me grow,

Say you've seen the man I've become.

But where were you when I needed you most?

Your silence always weighed a ton.

You call me strong and brave,

Like you helped shape who I became.

But I learned that on my own,

You never earned that claim.

(Chorus)

Don’t tell me now that you love me,

Don’t say forever when you’ve been gone.

Love ain’t words in a message,

It’s showing up all along.

You didn’t carry me through the pain,

You just watched it from afar.

So don’t pretend you were my light,

You’ve never been my star.

(Verse 2)

You say you’ll love me for the rest of your life,

But where was that love when I was hurting at night?

You never held me when I cried,

You just disappeared and let it slide.

You talk about pride like you know me well,

But we both know that’s a story you sell.

You loved the idea, not the boy in the fight,

You missed the struggle, you missed my life.

(Chorus)

Don’t tell me now that you love me,

Don’t say forever when you’ve been gone.

Love ain’t words in a message,

It’s showing up all along.

You didn’t carry me through the pain,

You just watched it from afar.

So don’t pretend you were my light,

You’ve never been my star.

(Bridge)

You can write it fancy, make it sound deep,

But the wounds you left, they still creep.

I needed a father, not a ghost,

And now you want to play the host?

(Final Chorus)

Don’t say you’ve been there when you weren’t,

Don’t say you gave when you let me burn.

You can keep your pretty lines,

They won’t rewrite the times.

I made it here without your name,

So don’t try to claim my flame.

You never were, and now it’s clear—

Your love was never really here.