I Gave You My Name

**Verse I**

I carved a place for you inside my ribs

Let you live where my lungs should be

Every time you said their name

Something folded inward in me

I learned how to love in fragments

Learned how to beg without sound

I stood right in front of you bleeding

And you still looked around

**Pre-Chorus**

You said I was *safe*

You never said I was *wanted*

I should’ve known the difference

**Chorus (Heavy)**

I GAVE YOU MY NAME

I GAVE YOU MY SKIN

I LET YOU STEP INSIDE ME

AND WEAR ME THIN

I BECAME YOUR CONFESSION

YOUR PLACE TO UNLOAD

AND YOU STILL WENT HOME

WITH SOMEONE YOU HARDLY KNOW

**Verse II**

I kept my mouth shut when it hurt

So you wouldn’t feel bad

I held your hand while you cried

About a love you never had

I was the answer you avoided

The truth you refused to touch

I was everything you needed

Just never enough

**Pre-Chorus (Rising)**

I thought patience was holy

I thought waiting was love

But you don’t reward devotion

You just take until it’s gone

**Chorus (Heavier)**

I GAVE YOU MY TIME

I GAVE YOU MY YOUTH

I BLED OUT MY SELF-RESPECT

JUST TO STAY USEFUL TO YOU

I MADE MYSELF SMALL

SO YOU COULD FEEL TALL

AND YOU STILL FUCKING CHOSE

SOMEONE WHO NEVER FALLS

**Bridge (Ritualistic / Collapse)**

I WOULD’VE BEEN YOUR RUIN

IF IT MEANT YOU’D STAY

I WOULD’VE LET YOU BREAK ME

IN EVERY WAY

BUT YOU ONLY LOVE

WHAT DOESN’T NEED YOU

AND I NEEDED YOU

TOO MUCH

**BREAKDOWN (Screamed)**

TAKE

WHAT’S

LEFT

YOU ALREADY TOOK

THE BEST OF ME

I WAS NEVER YOUR LOVE

I WAS YOUR RELIEF

**Final Chorus (Crushing)**

I GAVE YOU MY EVERYTHING

AND CALLED IT FAITH

I TURNED MYSELF INTO A SACRIFICE

YOU DIDN’T EVEN TASTE

I WORSHIPPED THE FLOOR

YOU WALKED AWAY ON

NOW I’M ON MY KNEES

AND YOU’RE FUCKING GONE

**Outro (Quiet, hollow)**

You don’t miss me

You miss what I gave you

And I don’t hate you

I just don’t exist anymore

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