Never Good Enough

Verse 1

You came home smelling like beer

Lies sitting heavy on your breath

Said you were out alone

But I could smell your regret

I learned how to read your silence

Like it was written on the wall

Every time you swore you’d change

I packed my pride and took the fall

Pre-Chorus

I was holding us together

While you were coming apart

I kept making excuses

For the way you broke my heart

Chorus

You drank, you cheated, you blamed it on pain

Said you were broken, I loved you the same

I swallowed my hurt, I tried to make it work

I gave you a family, gave you my youth

Gave you forgiveness,

you never gave me the truth

And after all I did

I was never good enough for you

Verse 2

I watched you choose the bottle

Watched you choose someone new

While I was home with our babies

Trying to make a home for you

I learned how to smile through questions

I didn’t wanna ask

Like why I was fighting for someone

Who never fought for me back

Pre-Chorus 2

I was loyal to a fault

You were careless with my heart

I kept loving you in pieces

While you tore me apart

Chorus

You drank, you cheated, you blamed it on pain

Said you were broken, I loved you the same

I swallowed my hurt, I stayed in my place

I gave you a family, gave you my youth

Gave you forgiveness,

you never gave me the truth

And after all I did

I was never good enough for you

Bridge (beat drops, raw & quiet)

I stayed for the kids

Stayed for the dream

Stayed ‘cause I thought

You could change for me

But love shouldn’t hurt like this

Shouldn’t make you feel small

I was begging to be enough

While you were doing nothing at all

Break (spoken or airy)

You can’t drown your demons

And expect me to save you

Final Chorus (bigger, layered vocals)

You drank, you cheated, I carried the blame

Held us together while you ran away

I broke myself just trying to stay

I gave you everything I had

You treated my love like something bad

And after all I sacrificed

I still wasn’t enough for you.