I traced your name in the steam on my window
Like it might stay if I asked it to
Every promise we whispered at midnight
Still lives in the echo of you
(ooh… ooh…)
I’ve been holding my breath for your footsteps
For a door that won’t open again
I keep choosing you over my heartbeat
And losing myself in the end
(ahh… ahh…)
I’m shaking, I’m breaking, I’m barely breathing
please listen
(WHISPER OVERLAY: please… just listen…)
This isn’t me leaving easy
This is me choosing to live
I love but I have to love me too
(oh… oh…)
That truth hurts more than losing you
(ahh…)
I’ve bled my soul just trying to prove
That loving you shouldn’t ruin me too
baby please
(WHISPER OVERLAY: baby… please…)
Don’t look at me like I’m the crime
I’m just trying to save what’s mine
My heart is tired, my hands are bruised
i can’t hold you down with me
I can’t hold you down with me
(ooh…)
I can’t hold you down with me
(ahh…)
(WHISPER OVERLAY on last repeat: I tried… I really did…)
I know you say you never meant to hurt me
But intentions don’t heal the scar
I’ve been drowning just to keep you floating
Wondering where I are
(ooh… oh…)
I scream your name into empty rooms
Like the walls might answer back
I gave you my light, my youth, my truth
There’s nothing left I haven’t cracked
(ahh…)
I’m on my knees but I’m still standing
I know you heard my cries, but hear my pleas
(WHISPER OVERLAY: hear me… please hear me…)
I’m begging for myself this time
I love but I have to love me too
(oh… oh…)
That truth hurts more than losing you
(ahh…)
Baby please…
(WHISPER OVERLAY: don’t hate me…)
My heart is tired, my hands are bruised
I can’t hold you down with me
I gotta love me so I can love
(ooh…)
I gotta love me so I can love
(ahh…)
If loving you means losing me
Then this is where I draw the line
I gotta love myself right so I can do the same for you
(WHISPER OVERLAY: I hope you understand…)
Even if it means I’m walking through
A world without your name in blue
Don’t wait for me
(WHISPER OVERLAY: please don’t…)
Just go…
(ahh…)
Move on….
(ooh…)
(WHISPER OVERLAY: even if it breaks me…)
I love but I have to love me too
Say it slow, let it sink into you
This isn’t hate, it’s something new
Baby please
(WHISPER OVERLAY: I still love you…)
I’m setting us both free tonight
Even if it breaks my heart to do what’s right
I can’t hold you down with me
(ooh… ahh…)
I can’t hold you down with me
(WHISPER OVERLAY: goodbye…)
