Collateral Damage

[Verse 1] You said it’s not my fault, but I still bleed, From every wound you didn’t mean. I was never your enemy, Just someone who loved too recklessly. Now I'm ashes in the echoes of your fight, Caught between your wrongs and what's right. [Pre-chorus] Love in the hands of the wrong person is like a grenade, They continue to break things they swore they'd save. [Chorus] You said you'd never turn your rage on me. But wars don't choose who they consume- They just leave behind bodies in every room. I was the one who stayed too near, You were the one who disappeared. You call it healing, I call it loss, You found your strength and I paid the cost. I'm your collateral damage [Verse 2] You said you were at war with your own mistakes, And I was the heart you had to break. I was never the enemy, Just caught in your crossfire endlessly. Maybe you never meant to aim my way, But the shrapnel hit me all the same. [Pre-chorus] Love in the hands of the wrong person is like a grenade, They continue to break things they swore they'd save. [Chorus] You said you'd never turn your rage on me. But wars don't choose who they consume- They just leave behind bodies in every room. I was the one who stayed too near, You were the one who disappeared. You call it healing, I call it loss, You found your strength and I paid the cost. I'm your collateral damage [Bridge] You can't make peace by holding it in You got free, and I got scars— Some wars don’t end, they just change who you are. You fought your war, and you survived— But not everyone you loved is left alive. [Pre-chorus] Love in the hands of the wrong person is like a grenade, They continue to break things they swore they'd save. [Chorus] You said you'd never turn your rage on me. But wars don't choose who they consume- They just leave behind bodies in every room. I was the one who stayed too near, You were the one who disappeared. You call it healing, I call it loss, You found your strength and I paid the cost. I'm your collateral damage