THE FAULT IS MINE [Verse 1] I saw someone who never existed. And loved him like he did. I poured all my love into an empty shell. Called the echo a heartbeat. Because I needed it to be real. [Pre-Chorus] The truth was there. In every silence. In every absence. Every warning. I saw the signs. I looked away. [Chorus] The fault is mine. I chose poorly. I loved the man I thought you’d be. The fault is mine. I chose the lie. Made you real inside my mind. You didn’t fool me. I fooled myself. I gave a soul to an empty shell. The fault is mine. The fault is mine. [Verse 2] I lived a fantasy inside my head. Painting colors over every warning. Filling every silence with what I needed. Turning almost into enough. Turning nothing into love. [Pre-Chorus] You didn’t become someone else. I just finally saw you. Without the version I created. Without the illusion. Without the dream. [Chorus] The fault is mine. I chose poorly. I loved the man I thought you’d be. The fault is mine. I chose the lie. Made you real inside my mind. You didn’t fool me. I fooled myself. I gave a soul to an empty shell. The fault is mine. The fault is mine. [Bridge] Maybe you didn’t break my heart. Maybe I broke it all by myself. Trying to make a home inside someone who was never there. I loved a ghost. Then blamed the ghost for disappearing. [Final Chorus] The fault is mine. I chose poorly. I loved someone who couldn’t be. The fault is mine. But now I know. I can’t keep loving what isn’t there. You didn’t fool me. I fooled myself. I gave a soul to an empty shell. But now I see you. As you are. The fault was mine. But the truth is finally mine.
