[INTRO – low drone, wind, stone echo] YOU: I remember reaching out And finding no hand returned GARGOYLE: So I ended the reaching --- [VERSE 1] YOU: I told the truth and they laughed like it meant nothing I stood there splitting apart, and no one could see Something was wrong, but I couldn’t explain it So I carried the weight quietly GARGOYLE: You showed your wound to the wrong eyes So I buried it where it could not be touched YOU: I didn’t want to bury it I just didn’t know how to survive it --- [PRE-CHORUS] YOU: I was there… I was real… GARGOYLE: You were unprotected --- [CHORUS] YOU: I was hurt and unwanted No one saw what I lived in I wasn’t asking for much I just wanted love GARGOYLE: Love was not given So I removed the need YOU: I was breaking in silence While the world kept moving I wasn’t asking for much I just wanted love --- [VERSE 2] GARGOYLE: So I taught you to go still To silence the storm in your chest To turn every feeling into something distant To survive what was never addressed YOU: But I felt it still beneath all the silence A weight that would never dissolve A part of me trapped in that moment Still waiting for someone to call GARGOYLE: No one came YOU: I know --- [PRE-CHORUS] YOU: I needed someone to see me GARGOYLE: They didn’t YOU: I needed someone to hold me GARGOYLE: They wouldn’t --- [CHORUS] YOU: I was hurt and unwanted No one saw what I lived in I wasn’t asking for much I just wanted love GARGOYLE: And I kept you from needing it YOU: I was breaking in silence While you held me together But I wasn’t asking for much I just wanted love --- [BRIDGE – stripped, echoing] YOU: If I had been seen… Would I be different now? GARGOYLE: You would be exposed again YOU: Or maybe… just human --- [BREAKDOWN] GARGOYLE: I did what I had to To keep you intact YOU: You did GARGOYLE: I removed what would destroy you YOU: You removed what I needed too --- [FINAL CHORUS – full swell] YOU: I was hurt and unwanted No one saw what I lived in I wasn’t asking for much I just wanted love GARGOYLE: I did not know how to give it YOU: I was breaking in silence Now I finally say it I wasn’t asking for much I just wanted love --- [OUTRO – fading, low drone] YOU: You kept me alive GARGOYLE: That was my purpose YOU: But I want to live now GARGOYLE: …then I must learn to let you feel
