Set you free

I saw you looking at her

The way you used to look at me

And I pretended not to notice

Like it didn't cut so deep

You said she's only a friend

But your eyes said something more

Now I'm standing in the silence

Wondering what I was waiting for

Maybe I was never enough

Maybe I was too blind to see

You were holding onto someone

While you were holding onto me

So I'll set you free

Go give her all the things you couldn't give to me

I'll watch you walk away

Even if it kills me to see you choose her name

And I'll hide my jealousy

Pretend that I'm happy while you're leaving me

If loving her is what you wanna do

Then I'll set you free

Even if I never wanted to

I hate the way she makes you laugh

I hate that you don't look at me

I hate that I keep wondering

What she has that I could never be

And every little photograph

Feels like a knife I can't ignore

You told me that you loved me

Now I don't know what love was for

Maybe I should've walked away

The moment you made me feel small

But I kept waiting for the person

Who would never leave at all

So I'll set you free

Go give her all the things you couldn't give to me

I'll watch you walk away

Even if it kills me to see you choose her name

And I'll hide my jealousy

Pretend that I'm happy while you're leaving me

If loving her is what you wanna do

Then I'll set you free

Even if I never wanted to

I hope she never sees

The tears you made me hide

I hope she never learns

How many times I tried

And maybe someday

I'll stop wishing you were mine

Maybe I'll hear your name

And finally be alright

So I'll set you free

Even though you're taking half of me

Go tell her that you love her

Like you never promised me forever

And I'll hide my jealousy

I'll let you become somebody else's dream

If she is where your heart wants to be

Then I'll set you free...

But if you ever miss me

Don't come running back to me

'Cause I spent all this time loving you

Now I'm learning how to leave.

Set you free...

I'll set you free.