[Verse 1] Ten months, you kept me close enough to hope Said you needed me, said you would stay I let your promises become a home While you kept one foot pointed away You looked straight into my open eyes Said I was the only one you chose I built a future from those careful lies While you kept doors I didn’t know [Pre-Chorus] I felt the distance, tried to call it fear I asked if I could trust you, you said yes Now every word comes back so clear And every answer weighs like regret [Chorus] You took a little piece of me each day Then left me with the work of finding it again I’m gathering my heart from where it fell Brick by brick, I’ll learn to trust myself You called it love, but love would never leave A soul in pieces, asking to believe I’m angry that I couldn’t see the truth But I won’t let your choices name my worth [Verse 2] You moved from one connection to the next As if a name could vanish with a swipe You never saw the hurt beneath my words Or how your silence followed me at night I thought that when life emptied out my hands You’d sit beside me, help me find my feet Instead you wrapped yourself away and left While I was breaking in the same old seat [Pre-Chorus] I kept on asking what I did so wrong As if your leaving was a debt I owed But I was waiting all this time for someone Who never meant to share the road [Chorus] You took a little piece of me each day Then left me with the work of finding it again I’m gathering my heart from where it fell Brick by brick, I’ll learn to trust myself You called it love, but love would never leave A soul in pieces, asking to believe I’m angry that I couldn’t see the truth But I won’t let your choices name my worth [Bridge] You were the hardest lesson I have learned Not because I loved, but because I stayed Now I know the line I will not cross And I can mourn the years without being ashamed God, if you hear me, keep me through this night Help me find the woman I laid down I’ll take my life back, piece by piece I will be more than what you left behind [Final Chorus] You took a little piece of me each day But I’m the one who gets to choose what happens next I’m gathering my heart from where it fell Brick by brick, I’m building something else You called it love, but love would never leave A soul in pieces, begging to believe I’m done mistaking promises for proof I won’t let your choices name my worth [Outro] Brick by brick, I’m coming back to me Brick by brick, I’m learning how to breathe
