don’t blame

Verse 1

We were building something fragile
Out of timing and excuses
Out of things we never said
And habits we got used to
Every dream stayed in the distance
Never close enough to hold
I kept bending every boundary
Just to make us feel like home
I learned how to swallow questions
Let the moment pass me by
Called it “understanding”
Every time I crossed my lines

Pre-Chorus

You said, “Love doesn’t always feel like fire,”
But it shouldn’t feel like growing tired

Chorus

I don’t blame you
I just stopped abandoning me
For a version of forever
That wouldn’t let me be free
If letting go is part of healing
Then I’m choosing to breathe
I don’t blame you
I just finally heard
What I need

Verse 2

I could hear it in your silence
When the walls were going up
How you’d pull away so gently
Any time it got too much
I kept giving into empty
Calling patience something pure
But love shouldn’t feel like begging
Just to feel a little sure
I was holding onto hope
Like it proved I was strong
But hope turns into weight
When you hold it too long

Pre-Chorus

You said, “This is all I have,”
But loving you shouldn’t feel like losing that

Chorus

I don’t blame you
I just stopped abandoning me
For a version of forever
That wouldn’t let me be free
If letting go is part of healing
Then I’m choosing to breathe
I don’t blame you
I just finally heard
What I need

[Post-Chorus - soft / stripped]

I don’t blame you
I just stopped abandoning me

[Bridge - spoken / half-sung]

I stayed because leaving felt like losing ground
But staying felt like slowly fading out
This isn’t anger, it’s the truth out loud
Sometimes loving someone means walking out
I don’t need closure in apologies
I just need my heart back
Whole, in one piece

Final Chorus

I don’t blame you
I just stopped abandoning me
For a version of forever
That wouldn’t let me be free
If letting go is part of healing
Then this is my relief
I don’t blame you
I just finally chose
Peace

[Outro]
No I don’t blame you,
I just finally chose
Me

Songwriting Style, Confessional, first-person storytelling,male