[Intro:] [Soft piano and distant synths set a cold, reflective tone] --- [Verse 1:] [Female Vocal – Calm, cool, slightly distant] You say I changed, like that's a crime But I just stopped pretending we were fine I learned to sleep with silence in the bed While you were busy living in your head --- [Pre-Chorus:] [Whispered tone over soft beat drop] You keep asking where it went wrong But deep down, you knew all along --- [Chorus:] [Layered harmonies, subtle strings swell] It’s not me, it’s you, and you know that’s true I held it all together, even bled for two You blame the storm, but you lit the fuse So don’t look shocked when I finally choose To walk away from what you never grew No, it’s not me—it’s you --- [Post-Chorus:] [Echoed vocals, piano reemerges] It’s not the timing, not the weather It’s the way you called this love, whatever --- [Verse 2:] [More edge in the voice, tempo steady] I shrunk myself to fit your frame Lost my name inside your game You want forgiveness, served warm on a plate But I’m not the one who showed up late --- [Pre-Chorus:] [Spoken Word intercut with sung lines] You liked me best when I was small But I grew too big to beg or crawl --- [Chorus:] [Full instrumentation, emotional swell] It’s not me, it’s you, and you know that’s true I carried us both till my feet wore through You talk like you were just confused But silence has a voice—and it accused I gave you love, and you gave excuse So no, it’s not me—it’s you --- [Bridge:] [Minimal arrangement, raw vocal] I used to cry in secret Now I just write it down You said I was too quiet But you never heard the sound --- [Break:] [Percussion drops out – eerie synth hums] Not broken, just done Not bitter—just gone --- [Final Chorus:] [Refrain with new melodic phrasing, higher octave] It’s not me, it’s you, no need to defend I played the start, now I’ll write the end You’ll say I changed—well, that’s my cue To leave the mess you never knew This time, I’ll leave without a bruise ‘Cause it’s not me—it’s you --- [Fade Out:] [Piano softens, faint echoes of “it’s you…” fading into reverb]
