Letting go

Verse 1]

I’ve been pouring everything I have into this fire,

Building bridges every time the flames get higher.

Late nights talking, promises I keep,

Fixing what’s broken while you fall asleep.

I show up steady, even when I’m worn thin,

Carrying us both so we don’t sink.

But no matter how much I give, how hard I fight,

It always circles back to not understabding you.

One mistake, one slip, and it’s all you see,

Like the months of trying don’t count for me.

I’m screaming inside, “Look at what I’ve done,”

But you’re still counting shadows of the things I’ve undone.

I’m tired of begging for a glance that says I’m enough,

Tired of proving love when the scale’s never touched.

I love you deep, God knows I do,

But I love myself too—and I’m breaking through.

All this giving, all this bleeding on the floor,

And at the end of the day, you still want more.

I can’t keep chasing appreciation that never comes,

I’m done being the only one who runs.

I’ve bent so far I forgot what straight feels like,

Swallowed my pride just to keep the peace at night.

Never asked for things, never asked for praise,

Just a quiet “thank you” on the hardest days.

I’m not your savior, I’m not your endless well—

I’m a man who’s drowning while ringing your bell.

I’ve tried to be perfect, tried to erase the past,

But one wrong move and the good gets outcast.

I’m not asking for gold, just a little grace,

A moment to breathe in this exhausting race.

I’m tired of begging for a glance that says I’m enough,

Tired of proving love when the scale’s never touched.

I love you deep, God knows I do,

But I love myself too—and I’m breaking through.

All this giving, all this bleeding on the floor,

And at the end of the day, you still want more.

I can’t keep chasing appreciation that never comes,

I’m walking away before I come undone.

Maybe one day you’ll see the weight I carried alone,

The nights I stayed when every instinct said go.

I gave you my best, gave you all I could spare,

But I can’t keep living on crumbs and thin air.

This isn’t goodbye because I stopped caring—

It’s goodbye because I finally started daring

To choose me, to heal what you left scarred,

To love myself harder than I ever loved hard.

So I’m letting go, not out of hate, but out of truth,

I deserve more than always feeling used.

I loved you fierce, I gave you my soul,

But I’m keeping what’s left to make myself whole.

No more begging, no more one-sided fight,

I’m walking toward morning, toward my own light.

You can keep the memories, keep the blame if you want—

I’m done failing at something that only I fought.

I love you…

But I love me more.