Strong Enough for You

There’s still a dent in my side of the bed

Where you used to lay your head

Coffee cup sittin’ where you left it last

Like time ain’t movin’, just stuck in the past

I tried to fix what I couldn’t see

You needed more than what’s left of me

I played it tough, but the truth cuts through

I was barely holdin’ on to you

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You wanted steel, I gave you skin

You needed fire, I burned within

I tried to be the man you knew

But I ain’t strong enough for you

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I ain’t the hero you were dreamin’ of

Can’t carry the weight of a love that tough

I gave you everything I had to lose

But I ain’t strong enough for you

You needed someone who don’t break down

Don’t lose his way when the lights go out

I tried, God knows I tried to prove

But I ain’t strong enough for you

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Your goodbye still echoes down this hall

Like a ghost that won’t let go at all

Every word you said still hits that nerve

‘Bout how I ain’t what you deserve

I wear that blame like a second skin

Every “what if” pullin’ me back in

But I can’t rewrite what we went through

Or be the man you needed me to

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You saw a king, I felt the cracks

Holdin’ us up while I faded to black

I tried to stand like you wanted to

But I ain’t strong enough for you

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I ain’t the hero you were dreamin’ of

Can’t carry the weight of a love that tough

I gave you everything I had to lose

But I ain’t strong enough for you

You needed someone who don’t break down

Don’t lose his way when the lights go out

I tried, God knows I tried to prove

But I ain’t strong enough for you

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Maybe someday I’ll find my ground

Learn how to stand without fallin’ down

But right now I’m just bein’ true

To what I couldn’t be for you

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If love was enough, we’d still be here

But strength ain’t built from hope and fear

And I can’t lie just to pull you through

I ain’t strong enough… for you

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I ain’t the hero you were dreamin’ of

But I still gave you all my love

And even now it’s hard to choose

Between holdin’ on or lettin’ you

You deserve someone who won’t break down

Won’t lose himself when the world spins ‘round

So I’ll let go, even if I lose

‘Cause I ain’t strong enough for you**