[Verse 1] I’ve been walking ’round with this ache in my chest, Like a bruise you left where love used to rest. Every memory hits like a slow-burning spark, You were home once… now you’re just a flicker in the dark. And I hate that I still feel you, When you ain’t felt me for so long— I keep reaching for the version of us That was already gone. [Pre-Chorus] ’Cause I loved you deeper Than I ever loved myself… Now I’m trying to climb out Of the hurt you left on my shelf. [Chorus] I had hope you still cared, Hope I mattered somehow— Held that light in my hands ’Til it burned me right down. And the hardest truth I’ve learned Is the one I feared the most… To heal, I gotta let go— Let the hurt go, Let the love go, Let you go… So I can come back home. [Verse 2] I replay the words you never said, And the ones that broke me instead. I was holding on tight, you were letting me fall, Trying to build a future with my back against the wall. Thought if I loved harder Maybe you’d learn how to stay— But I lost myself loving someone Who kept walking away. [Pre-Chorus] And it kills me knowing I wasn’t what you chose— But baby, healing’s in the closing Of the door we never closed. [Chorus] I had hope you still cared, Hope I mattered somehow— Held that light in my hands ’Til it burned me right down. And the hardest truth I’ve learned Is the one I feared the most… To heal, I gotta let go— Let the hurt go, Let the love go, Let you go… So I can come back home. [Bridge] Maybe someday I’ll thank the pain For teaching me my name. Maybe losing you was mercy Dressed up like heartbreak. And I’m standing in the silence Where the echoes used to be… Finally learning every tear Was leading back to me. [Final Chorus / Outro] I had hope you still cared, But that fire’s burning low— And I’m stronger than the pieces That I used to try to hold. Now the only way to freedom Is the one that hurts the most… To heal, I gotta let go— Let the hate go, Let the love go, Let you go… So I can find my soul.
