You Were the One

metal, Slow, grinding nu‑metal ballad with downtuned guitars and sparse piano; verses start brooding and spacious, drums dragging with roomy toms, Choruses explode with dual male/female vocals in call-and-response, layered screams and harmonies over thick guitars, Male vocals shift from hushed confessional to guttural growls; female vocals float between fragile, breathy lines and piercing high-pitched screams, Final chorus hits hardest, all instruments slamming before an abrupt, cold stop, slow, male vocals, emotional, deep, female vocals

You said “it’s nothing” But your silence shook the floor Blank phone Blue glow I was pacing by the door All those half-spent midnights Every secret that I bled You stared right through me Like my name was dead You were the one who betrayed my trust Ripped out the roots Ground them into dust I gave you my veins You just let them rust You were the one You were the one (yeah) You were the one who betrayed my trust You wrote “I’m sorry” Like it fixes every crack Lipstick on your collar Said the quiet things as fact I was begging for a reason You were searching for the door You were halfway through your leaving While I was asking “is there more?” You were the one who betrayed my trust Turned every promise into poison Into dust I carried your storms Thought it counted as us You were the one You were the one (ugh) You were the one who betrayed my trust Now every touch feels hollow Every heartbeat second-guessed You taught me how to doubt How to hate what I confessed (rrgh) You carved your name into my spine Then left me shaking in the cold You took the future from my eyes Left me older Never old (aa-ahh!) You were the one who betrayed my trust Left my faith bleeding out in the dust I broke for your love But you broke what we built You were the one You were the one (rrrgh) You were the one who betrayed my trust (aa-aaAH!)

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