Verse 1)
What do you want from me?
I’ve poured out every drop, left everything I had to be
I stayed right here until you turned and walked away
Until the love I gave just started feeling like a cage
My daddy packed his bags, never fought to hold the line
My mama turned her back, left me behind a thousand times
I should have known the ending, should have read the sign
That you were just a shadow, never meant to stay a while.
(Chorus)
Am I really that hard to love?
Is there something broken in the way I’m made?
Why is it so easy for the world to hate
The person in the room who didn’t even say a name?
Every heavy problem, every debt they couldn’t pay
Gets placed upon my shoulders, forcing me to carry it away
When am I allowed to breathe?
When am I allowed to just be me?
(Verse 2)
I’ve been the easy target since the day that I was born
A curse I never asked for, wearing bruises like a thorn
It’s not my fight, it’s not my war, not a debt I ever signed
Yet I’m the one they’re hunting, leaving peace of mind behind
And you—you stood there, swore you loved me with your breath
But in that same whisper, you led the crowd to test my strength
Rallying the strangers just to watch me start to break
Using my heart as the center of the game you chose to play.
(Chorus)
Am I really that hard to love?
Is there something broken in the way I’m made?
Why is it so easy for the world to hate
The person in the room who didn’t even say a name?
Every heavy problem, every debt they couldn’t pay
Gets placed upon my shoulders, forcing me to carry it away
When am I allowed to breathe?
When am I allowed to just be me?
(Bridge)
I’m tired of being the anchor for the storms you create
Tired of being the villain in the story that you fake
I want to set it down, the rocks you keep on piling on
I want to find a quiet place where I finally belong.
(Outro)
No more carrying your weight.
No more playing for your sake.
I’m breathing in, I’m letting go.
I’m finally leaving...
And I’m going home.