I could never intentionally hurt you, God knows I couldn’t if I tried. If I ever cut deep, it was bleeding, not some darkness I hide. Sometimes I see you getting drained of me, of us running dry. Like we’ve wrung each other empty and called it sacrifice. The hard we carried ain’t who we are now, but it hangs in the air at night. Somewhere in the way we present, in the way we speak polite. Like love’s something fragile we might shatter if we fight Pre-Chorus I see you trying don’t think I don’t. I see the boy behind your pride Chorus Why did we become the fire when we promised we’d be the house? Why do we burn down everything we were building out loud? We built an empire tired, king and queen worn thin. If you walk away from this, where does that leave us then? God knows I couldn’t hurt you but loving you might. Verse 2 I imagine you smaller, no armor, no shield. Just a boy with his fists tight in a house that never healed. It wrecks me thinking nobody stayed soft. Nobody showed you how to break without getting lost. I would cross oceans barefoot, carry your crosses too. If it meant you’d open your chest and let me hurt with you. But I’ve been drowning quiet, trying not to seem weak. Loving you in silence and dying in the way we speak. Pre-Chorus Separately we grieved. Separately we bled. Now we whisper about leaving instead of what we never said. Chorus Why did we become the fire when we swore we’d be the rain? Why do two hearts built for shelter keep dancing in the flames? We built an empire tired, still holding onto pride. If you walk away tonight, don’t say we didn’t try. God knows I couldn’t hurt you but loving you might. Bridge (soft, cracked) Don’t let pride decide. Don’t let fear be right. I am not your enemy — I’m just tired of the fight. Prove to me this is devotion, not survival in disguise. Prove to me we’re choosing love, not just scared of goodbye. Final Chorus (bigger, raw) We were meant to be the shelter, not smoke in each other’s lungs. We were meant to be the safety, not what we run from. We built an empire tired — but it’s still ours tonight. God knows I couldn’t hurt you. Just don’t let this be the way we die.
