[Verse]

I was holding on to hope you never planned to keep,

You were slipping from my arms while I was falling in too deep.

Every time you said you cared, it sounded hollow in your breath,

But I still believed your shadows would turn into something blessed.

I was blinded by your tears, by the pain you claimed you carried,

By the stories of your heartbreak and the wounds you never buried.

I thought maybe if I loved enough, the cracks would start to mend -

But you kept me at a distance you would never let me bend.

You were running from your demons, using love as camouflage,

Every time I reached to heal you, you retreated by a margin.

And the moment I felt fragile, when I needed you to care -

You were already disappearing, like you were never really there.

[Chorus]

You took my heart and left me there,

Standing in the quiet air,

Holding on to what we built while you were halfway out the door.

I gave you love you couldn’t use,

You gave excuses, empty truths,

And I was still the one who broke when you didn’t feel it anymore.

You took my heart and left me there,

Trying not to fall apart -

And now I’m learning how to breathe without the weight of what you were.

I cared too deep, you cared too scared,

And losing you was so unfair -

But maybe walking off was all you ever thought you could prefer.

(All you ever thought you could prefer)

[Verse 2]

I kept fighting for a future you were never gonna choose,

Kept defending all your actions while I slowly came unglued.

I was pouring out my light while yours was fading into grey,

And I tried to pull you closer but you pushed yourself away.

Every time I saw you trembling, every moment you felt weak,

I was covering your silence with the words you couldn’t speak.

But the moment I collapsed, needing someone to stay true -

The one person I had trusted was the one who couldn’t move.

It’s a pain that cuts the deepest when the love feels one-sided,

When the one you’d die to lift is the one who never tried it.

And I wish I could’ve saved you, but you never let me in -

You were fighting with your shadows more than you were letting me begin.

[Chorus]

You took my heart and left me there,

Standing in the quiet air,

Holding on to what we built while you were halfway out the door.

I gave you love you couldn’t use,

You gave excuses, empty truths,

And I was still the one who broke when you didn’t feel it anymore.

You took my heart and left me there,

Trying not to fall apart -

And now I’m learning how to breathe without the weight of what you were.

I cared too deep, you cared too scared,

And losing you was so unfair -

But maybe walking off was all you ever thought you could prefer.

(All you ever thought you could prefer)

[Bridge]

I would’ve held you closer,

I would’ve stayed through every tear.

But loving someone who fears themselves

Is a love that disappears.

And maybe you’ll remember me

On nights your heart feels bare -

But I can’t keep bleeding for a soul

That never learned to share.

[Verse 3]

Now I’m taking back the pieces that I lost inside your storm,

Learning how to love myself in ways you couldn’t keep me warm.

And I know that healing’s painful, but it’s hurting less each day -

Because losing someone broken shouldn’t break my life this way.

If you ever think about me, know I loved you from the core,

But I couldn’t save a heart that never wanted to restore.

And I pray you find your meaning, even if it’s not with me -

But I’m done with carrying people who refuse to let me see.

[Chorus]

You took my heart and left me there,

Standing in the quiet air,

Trying to understand a love that wasn’t built to last at all.

I held your pain, you dropped my own,

You left so fast, I healed so slow -

But I’m rising from the wreckage where you made me learn to fall.

You took my heart and left me there…

But I won’t stay where you let go.

But I won’t stay where you let go.