Theory

Yeah…

I tried to save you from the fire

Burned my hands instead

Thats what i get

I loved you how you were, never asked you to change

But you chased a bigger high just to feel the same pain

Guess delusion feels safer when the chaos is home

When you’re used to the thunder, silence feels wrong

I was calm in your storms, every night that you broke

Every tear that you cried, every breath that you choked

He was gone when you needed, only showed when it pleased

Left you bleedin’ mascara, soak the sleeves of your hoodie

I was there when you doubted, when your heart hit the floor

He was busy bein’ selfish, always wantin’ more

So explain how betrayal somehow earns your devotion

While loyalty’s boring and love’s just an emotion

So tell me—

What’s your theory, oh

That you can’t love when you try?

What’s your theory, oh

That denial’s easier than sayin’ goodbye?

What’s your theory, oh

Ask me why you cry?

I know why

I know why

Let’s talk about the dates, the laughs, the late-night drives

Were those moments even real or just ways to survive?

‘Cause they meant somethin’ to me, every word, every glance

Or was I just a stand-in while you waited on a chance?

You leaned on my strength while you fed his control

I helped you rebuild while he dug the same hole

You say I was “perfect,” say I “did nothin’ wrong”

So why does that truth feel like it don’t belong?

Was I too stable? Too present? Too ready to stay?

While he vanished for weeks, came back beggin’ for grace

You say you were broken, say your heart couldn’t choose

But you chose the one who had the most to lose

And maybe that’s it, maybe pain feels familiar

Maybe peace makes you panic ‘cause you don’t know how to live there

I tried to be the answer, tried to help you be free

But you don’t want saving—you just want what you see

What’s your theory, oh

That you can’t love when you try?

What’s your theory, oh

That you can’t take the truth only lies

What’s your theory, oh

Ask me why you cry?

I know why

I know why

I think you’re runnin’ outta options

Same excuses, same toxins

All these circles make me nauseous

Watchin’ you self-destruct in slow motion

He cheated, disappeared, couldn’t provide or commit

But you call that love while I question my worth over it

And the worst part is you let me believe

That maybe someday you could choose me

But you couldn’t

Not ‘cause I lacked

But ‘cause you’re scared of a love that don’t stab you in the back

What’s your theory, oh

That you can’t love someone even when you try?

What’s your theory, oh

That hurt feels safer than a real life?

What’s your theory, oh

Ask me why you cry?

I know why

I know why

I don’t hate you

I just hate the truth

That I gave you my heart

And you gave it back bruised

But I’m done tryin’ to rescue

Someone who won’t swim

I didn’t lose you—

I just finally chose me

What’s your theory, oh

What’s your theory, oh

What’s your theory, oh