The man you were

Intro]

Yeah…

Funny how the memories can make you miss somebody

Even when you know you shouldn’t go back

I fell in love with who you showed me…

But I gotta love myself enough to see who you are now.

I fell in love with the man you showed me in the beginning

The one who made me laugh, made me feel like I was winning

You held me like forever was something we could promise

Made me believe that your love was really honest

And I ain’t gonna lie, we had some beautiful nights

Little moments in the dark that still replay in my mind

I’ll always be thankful for the memories we made

For every “I love you,” every smile, every day

But somewhere down the line, something changed

And I kept holding onto yesterday

Making excuses for the things you do

’Cause I was still in love with who I knew.

But love ain’t supposed to leave me questioning

Love ain’t supposed to have me second-guessing

If I’m enough, if you’re telling the truth

If the man beside me is the man I knew

I kept waiting for you to come back around

But the truth is, you never really left that town

You’re standing right here, but you’re somebody new

And I’m finally seeing you for you.

I loved the man you were

But I can’t keep hurting for the man you’ve become

I cherish what we had

But I won’t let the past keep me holding on

‘Cause it ain’t how you start

It’s what you show me every day

And I can’t keep loving your potential

While your actions push me away

So thank you for the memories

Thank you for the love we knew

But the man I fell in love with

Ain’t the man I’m looking at now, looking at now.

Ooh, I ain’t bitter, baby

I’m just better lately

You can keep the memories

I’m taking back what’s left of me

Ooh, don’t call me crazy

For finally choosing safety

I loved you like forever

But forever can’t be this painful.

I swallowed every word just to keep the peace

Kept making myself smaller so you wouldn’t leave

Every time you got angry, I felt that distance

Every little lie chipped away at my forgiveness

And when I needed reassurance, I got silence

When I needed your arms, I got defensiveness

You made me question things I never used to doubt

And somehow I became the one you blamed it all about

I kept saying, “Maybe he’ll change”

Maybe tomorrow it’ll feel like the old days

But tomorrow kept coming and nothing did

So I stopped fighting for a love that doesn’t fit.

See, I remember when you couldn’t keep your hands off me

When your words made me feel like nobody could stop me

Now I’m wondering when the tenderness disappeared

How did the person who held me become the reason I fear?

And I don’t hate you, that’s the hardest part

I still got love for the man inside my heart

But loving you don’t mean abandoning me

And losing you might be how I finally breathe.

I loved the man you were

But I can’t keep hurting for the man you’ve become

I cherish what we had

But I won’t let the past keep me holding on

‘Cause it ain’t how you st