time to leave

[Verse 1 soft, intimate]

We built a house out of almosts
Out of “someday” and “maybe we’ll see”
Every promise felt heavy
Like it was leaning on me
I learned how to speak in pauses
How to fight without raising my voice
How to lose every argument
Just to feel like I had a choice
[Pre-Chorus gentle lift]

You called it love
I called it delay
There’s a difference
When you’re the one who pays

[Chorus fragile, melodic, intimate]

I don’t hate you
I just stopped trying to bleed
For a future that never wanted
All of me
If walking away is a kind of courage
Then let this be my release
I don’t hate you
I chose to disappear
I chose peace

[Verse 2 conversational, reflective]

I memorized all your defenses
All the ways you’d turn cold
How silence became your language
When things got honest or bold
I kept watering a ghost garden
Waiting for something to grow
But love shouldn’t feel like holding your breath
Just to fight the undertow

[Pre-Chorus gentle lift]

You said, “this is how I am”
Like that settles the score
But love isn’t surviving
What hurts you more
Chorus (repeat, soft build)
I don’t hate you
I just stopped trying to bleed
For a future that never wanted
All of me
If walking away is a kind of courage
Then let this be my release
I don’t hate you
I chose to disappear
I chose peace

[Bridge spoken / intimate, emotional pause]

I stayed longer than I should
Because leaving felt like defeat
But staying felt like slowly
Teaching my heart how to retreat
This isn’t anger
It’s clarity
This isn’t loss
It’s honesty

[Final Chorus soft, melodic, resolved]
I don’t hate you
I just stopped trying to bleed
For a future that never wanted
All of me
If walking away is a kind of courage
Then let this be my release
I don’t hate you
I chose to disappear
I chose peace

[Outro soft, almost whispered]
Some doors don’t slam
They close quietly
And that’s how I knew
It was time to leave

Songwriting Style, Confessional, first-person storytelling,male