YOU NEVER HAD TO TRY

**Verse I**

You never had to try

I met you halfway every time

I kept dragging my heart across the floor

Just to keep you in my life

You mistook my patience for permission

My love for something you could waste

I kept waiting for you to change

You kept waiting for me to break

**Pre-Chorus**

I asked for effort

You gave me excuses

I asked for honesty

You gave me silence

**Chorus**

YOU NEVER HAD TO TRY

I DID ALL THE WORK FOR YOU

I CARRIED US BOTH

UNTIL I HAD NOTHING LEFT TO PROVE

I GAVE YOU MY HEART

LIKE IT WAS DISPOSABLE

YOU LET IT BLEED

LIKE IT WAS REPLACEABLE

**Verse II**

You loved how much I forgave

You hated when I remembered

Every time I spoke my pain

You said I was making it bigger

I learned how to doubt myself

Before I doubted you

I learned how to apologize

For things you put me through

**Pre-Chorus**

Say you were trying

Say you were scared

But you watched me suffer

And never met me there

**Chorus**

YOU NEVER HAD TO TRY

I DID ALL THE WORK FOR YOU

I HELD US TOGETHER

WHILE YOU PULLED US IN TWO

I GAVE YOU MY TRUST

YOU TURNED IT AGAINST ME

I CALLED IT LOVE

YOU CALLED IT CONVENIENCE

**Bridge (quiet, bitter)**

Don’t say you loved me

If you only loved what I gave

Don’t say you cared

If you watched me fade

I wasn’t asking for perfection

I was asking for you

**Breakdown (angry, raw)**

I STAYED

YOU COASTED

I FOUGHT

YOU NOTICED

WHEN I FINALLY BROKE

YOU ACTED SURPRISED

**Final Chorus (full, emotional)**

YOU NEVER HAD TO TRY

AND THAT’S WHAT HURTS THE MOST

I BLED FOR THIS

YOU NEVER EVEN GOT CLOSE

I GAVE YOU EVERYTHING

AND YOU STILL WALKED AWAY

DON’T CALL IT BAD TIMING

YOU JUST NEVER CHOSE ME

**Outro**

I don’t hate you

I hate that I made it easy

For you to leave.

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