[Verse 1] Romance is a funny thing when you're young and don't know First girl I had was just putting on a show Used me as a cover so her family wouldn't see The person that she was behind the one she had to be (woah) Hurt inside but held on cause I was scared to lose Even when you're someone's tool you still got something to prove That was lesson one and man it cut me to the bone Romance is a funny thing when it leaves you more alone (yeah... I know) [Hook] They were working mirrors but mine was cracked Every time I opened up they never gave it back So I built my walls up tall and I built them thick (woah) Learned that love's a language and I never got the script [Verse 2] Met somebody new thought maybe this was real Toy ring on her finger didn't know what it revealed Turned out she belonged to someone older, someone gone (yeah) Didn't let that slip until I'd already held on too long Fool me once the walls went up another brick or two Fool me twice and Fort Knox was all I ever knew Stopped looking for the exits cause I sealed up every door (woah) Thirty-six years of learning what my heart was never for [Hook - Variation] They were working mirrors but mine was cracked Every time I opened up they never gave it back So I built my walls up tall, made sure nobody in (yeah) Love's the only war I lost before it could begin [Verse 3] Then 2024 came around and I let the walls down slow Met someone who promised something I was scared to know Couple months in saw the lies forming on the front lines Walked away before the trap could spring this time (yeah) But walking away don't always mean you make it clean She told a story to the world that nobody should believe Used words like weapons aimed at everything I'd built (woah) Tried to burn it to the ground and drown the ashes in guilt Never laid a hand, never raised my voice or crossed a line Some people burn your name just to watch the smoke unwind [Hook - Variation 2] They were working mirrors but mine was cracked Tried to ruin everything I had and can't take that back But apathy's a quieter thing than hate could ever be (yeah) Erased your name and tore the pages, finally feel free (woah) [Verse 4] I don't have the answers for the why behind it all Only know I made it through somehow without the fall Learned who showed up when the smoke cleared and the dust settled down Found out love ain't in the many, it's in the few you've found (yeah) My heart's too damaged now for strangers at the door The love I have left goes to the ones worth fighting for Family and the two friends who never left my side (woah) That's my story I suppose, and I wear it with some pride [Outro - drifting, quiet, resolved] Romance is a funny thing... Funny thing, funny thing... Erased your name... (yeah) Tore up those pages... Still here... (woah) Still standing... That's my story I suppose... ...And I made it through.
