What You Broke

Verse 1 (raw, grounded)

You didn’t shatter all at once

It was quiet, slow, and subtle

Little cracks I couldn’t see

Till I couldn’t hold me together

Every word, every lie

Twisted truth I justified

I was bending just to keep

Something already out of reach

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Pre-Chorus

And I stayed when I should’ve walked away

Gave you chances I can’t reclaim

Something in me slipped that day

And I’ve never been the same

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Chorus (your line anchored, but heavier meaning)

In time one knows, as their love grows

To whom their heart belongs

No chance, no slow—I didn’t know

You’d undo me all along

Holding tight with all my might

Like love would make you stay

But breaking me was your first move

There was no other way

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Verse 2 (your reaction, but honest)

So I became what I hated most

Just to feel like I had control

Thought if I could even the score

I wouldn’t feel it anymore

But I lost more than I could win

Trying not to feel again

I wasn’t me, I wasn’t whole

Just a version you helped mold

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Pre-Chorus 2

I see it clear now looking back

Pain doesn’t justify the act

But I know exactly where it started

And why I fell apart like that

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Chorus (catchier + shift)

In time one knows, as their love grows

To whom their heart belongs

No chance, no slow—I see it now

I stayed in something wrong

Holding tight cost me my life

In ways I can’t explain

But what you broke, I rebuilt strong

I won’t be that again

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Bridge (THIS is your girl power moment)

You don’t get to take my name

And tie it to your mistakes

You don’t get to own the damage

That you helped create

I went dark, I went lost

Yeah, I paid a heavy cost

But I found something in the fall

You never had at all

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Final Chorus (empowered, still catchy)

In time I know, my love has grown

And now my heart’s my own

No fear, no slow—I let you go

I’m stronger on my own

I held on tight, I lost the fight

But I survived the pain

And what you broke, I turned to gold

I won’t break that way again

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Outro (simple, haunting, repeatable)

You broke me first…

But I built me back