(Verse 1) You only call when something’s broken, Or when your world starts caving in, Funny how you never noticed The state you left your daughter in. I learned to shrink inside your silence, Walk on glass to keep the peace, Spent my whole life saying “sorry” For things that weren’t even me. (Pre-Chorus) And I hate that I still love you, After everything you put me through, Guess little girls don’t stop hoping Their mom might finally tell the truth. (Chorus) So I went no contact, yeah, I disappeared, After crying every night for all those years, You say I’m cruel, say I abandoned you, But where were you when I needed you? I was breaking while you played the victim, Held my pain while you kept twisting it, Now you say I changed, but maybe that’s the point— You lost the daughter that you destroyed. (Verse 2) You made me carry all your anger, Like somehow I deserved the blame, Every wound became my burden, Every fight somehow my shame. And I know what people tell me, “She's your mom, you should forgive,” But they don’t know what it costs you When survival’s how you live. (Pre-Chorus) I still replay the better moments, Like maybe I got it all wrong, But love shouldn’t leave you shattered, Wondering where the hell you belong. (Chorus) So I went no contact, yeah, I disappeared, After crying every night for all those years, You say I’m cruel, say I abandoned you, But where were you when I needed you? I was breaking while you played the victim, Held my pain while you kept twisting it, Now you say I changed, but maybe that’s the point— You lost the daughter that you destroyed. Bridge (big emotional build) I mourn the mother I never had, The one I kept inventing in my head, Spent years begging for your love, While losing pieces of myself instead. And maybe one day I’ll stop shaking, When someone says your name out loud, But healing means I choose my peace, Even if it makes you proud to call me cruel now. (Final Chorus) Yeah, I went no contact, had to save my life, You don’t get forever just because you’re bloodline, And maybe I still miss you, maybe that’s the truth, But missing you ain’t reason enough to lose me too. I was drowning while you watched me sinking, Second guessing every thought I’m thinking, You say I changed, yeah, maybe that’s the point— I became the woman you couldn’t destroy.
