What you learned about me

WHAT YOU LEARNED ABOUT ME

You lied to me

Looked me in my eyes so easily

Kept your secrets tucked away

Then came home and loved me anyway

I asked you who

Such a simple thing to tell the truth

But you wouldn’t say a name

And your silence told me everything

If it was innocent, why hide?

If it was family, why couldn’t you say it right?

Don’t tell me I’m thinking wrong

When you’ve been giving me reasons all along

I told you where I’d been hurt before

Showed you every scar behind every door

Thought I was teaching you how to love me

Didn’t know you were studying me

You learned about me

Learned what breaks me, learned what makes me stay

Learned exactly what to say

When I was getting ready to walk away

You learned about me

Then used every piece to play with me

I gave you trust, I gave you loyalty

And you turned my love into your strategy

God, I can’t believe

I let you learn enough to deceive me

I sacrificed

Things you’ll never understand the price

Made room for you inside my life

Stood beside you thinking we were building right

And all this time

There’s always something hiding behind

A turned-off screen, an untold truth

Another question you refuse

You say I’m always looking for something

But I wouldn’t search if you gave me nothing

To question, nothing to doubt

Funny how the truth never just comes out

You knew abandonment terrified me

Knew exactly how much loyalty meant to me

I handed you my history willingly

And now I wonder if you studied my weaknesses

You learned about me

Learned what breaks me, learned what makes me stay

Learned exactly what to say

When I was getting ready to walk away

You learned about me

Then used every piece to play with me

I gave you trust, I gave you loyalty

And you turned my love into your strategy

That’s what hurts the most

Not whoever’s behind that secret you hold

Not even every lie you’ve told

It’s knowing you knew my soul

You knew what I’d survived

You knew how hard I fought to trust this time

And instead of keeping my heart safe

You found the cracks and learned their shape

Maybe I wasn’t stupid

Maybe I just loved you without a game

But I’ll carry the shame

Of realizing we weren’t loving the same

You learned about me

But you don’t get to keep controlling me

You know the woman that I used to be

The one who’d bleed just to keep the peace

You learned about me

Now I’m learning you finally

Every secret, every lie

Every time you made me question my own mind

I asked you who

And you couldn’t give me the truth

So don’t worry, baby

Your silence finally answered for you.