Heavier Than Love

Verse 1

I learned your breathing like a lullaby

Stayed up counting every time you didn’t reply

You said “I’m fine,” but your voice went cold

And I kept loving you like it was gold

I held your secrets like they were mine

You held my heart like it was just time

Something to waste, something to kill

While I stood here loving you still

Pre-Chorus

I kept shrinking just to fit your space

You never even said my name the same way

Chorus

I’m on the heavier side of love

Bleeding just to feel your touch

You barely needed me at all

But I needed you too much

I cried into your silence

You slept through every storm

I was breaking in your arms

While you were never really there to hold

Verse 2

I reread messages you didn’t mean

Tried to find love in what was in between

Every “goodnight” felt like goodbye

And I still kissed you like it wasn’t a lie

I memorized every inch of your pain

Hoping one day you’d say my name

Like it mattered, like I was real

But I was just something you didn’t feel

Pre-Chorus

I was drowning while you stood on shore

And you never asked what I was drowning for

Chorus

I’m on the heavier side of love

Bleeding just to feel your touch

You barely needed me at all

But I needed you too much

I cried into your silence

You slept through every storm

I was breaking in your arms

While you were never really there to hold

Bridge

Was I just a habit you couldn’t quit?

Or a placeholder you never fit?

‘Cause I gave you every shattered piece

And you still chose not to keep me

I whispered “stay” into your chest

You whispered nothing back, I guess

And that’s the part that hurts the most

Loving someone who feels like a ghost

Breakdown

I’m so tired of loving you alone

Of begging a heart that’s never home

Final Chorus

I’m still on the heavier side of love

Even when I’m giving up

‘Cause part of me still wants you here

Even knowing you won’t come

I built a home inside your arms

You left me in the dust

Now I’m haunted by a love

That was never really us

Outro

You didn’t lose me… you let me fade

And I stayed long enough to watch it happen**