Prove Me Wrong

**Verse I**

I lower my guard just enough to breathe

And you step right where it hurts

Every promise sounds rehearsed

Like you’ve all been reading from the same script

I’m not closed off

I’m conditioned

There’s a difference you ignore

You don’t earn my honesty

Then ask why I don’t give you more

**Pre-Chorus**

I don’t expect perfection

I expect consistency

**Chorus (Angry)**

I WANT TO TRUST YOU

BUT YOU MAKE IT HARD

EVERY TIME I OPEN UP

YOU LEAVE A MARK

YOU SWEAR YOU’RE DIFFERENT

SAY YOU WON’T LIE

THEN GIVE ME EVERY FUCKING REASON

NOT TO TRY

**Verse II**

You want access, not accountability

You want depth without the weight

You say “tell me everything”

Then flinch when I explain

I’m done explaining my damage

To people who cause it

You don’t get my vulnerability

Just because you asked for it

**Pre-Chorus (Rising)**

I’ve heard “I won’t hurt you”

From the ones who hurt me most

**Chorus (Heavier)**

I WANT TO BELIEVE YOU

BUT BELIEF COSTS TOO MUCH

EVERY HAND I REACH FOR

TURNS TO DUST

YOU DON’T BREAK ME ALL AT ONCE

YOU CHIP AWAY

UNTIL CLOSING UP

FEELS SAFER THAN STAYING

**Bridge (Explosive)**

DON’T TELL ME TO HEAL

WHILE YOU BLEED ME OUT

DON’T ASK FOR MY TRUST

WHEN YOU’RE FULL OF DOUBT

I’M NOT BROKEN

I’M AWARE

AND I’M SICK OF PAYING

FOR YOUR SHIT

**Break (Screamed / release)**

PROVE

ME

WRONG

**Final Chorus (Angriest / defiant)**

I WANT TO TRUST AGAIN

BUT NOT LIKE THIS

NOT WITH EMPTY WORDS

AND HALF-ASS CARE

IF YOU WANT ME OPEN

EARN THE SPACE

STOP GIVING ME

REASONS TO PROTECT MYSELF

**Outro (Cold, unresolved)**

I’m still capable of trust

That’s not the question

The question is

Why no one ever stays long enough

To deserve it

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