Nothing Left to Respect

# NOTHING LEFT TO RESPECT ### Verse 1 You said forever, then forgot what forever meant Every promise that you made was already spent All the nights I needed you, you just fucking slept While I laid there in the dark and quietly wept I gave you chances that you never even earned Held my hand against the fire while you watched it burn There were questions in my head I never could forget And a hundred little moments I still suspect You swore there wasn’t anything you hadn’t told me yet But something in your silence always felt like a threat Every time I found a piece, you changed the context Now I wonder how much more there is I haven’t found yet ### Pre-Chorus I defended you I protected you Made excuses when I knew But love without respect Is just abuse you call the truth ### Chorus Now you’re out And our family’s wrecked Everything we built Reduced to regret You broke every promise And expect me to forget But love without honesty Leaves nothing left to respect I gave you everything You gave me what was left A house full of memories And a heart full of debt You can say you loved me But your actions never checked You didn’t lose my love You lost my respect ### Verse 2 You wanted all the comfort without carrying the weight Wanted forgiveness every time but never learned to change You loved saying “tomorrow” when tomorrow never came Had a thousand explanations but somehow I was to blame I was working on a future while you slept through today I kept dragging us forward while you stood in the way Every simple thing I asked became another argument Like asking you to give a damn was some impossible event You called me paranoid when something didn’t connect Made me question what I saw and what I should expect But instincts don’t start screaming without something underneath And people don’t get defensive when there’s nothing to conceal ### Pre-Chorus I believed in you Even bleeding through While you watched me come undone Funny how the person saying “There is nothing going on” Is always hiding something ### Chorus Now you’re out And our family’s wrecked Everything we built Reduced to regret You broke every promise And expect me to forget But love without honesty Leaves nothing left to respect I gave you everything You gave me what was left A house full of memories And a heart full of debt You can say you loved me But your actions never checked You didn’t lose my love You lost my respect ### Post-Chorus No respect No regret How many things Haven’t you told me yet? No respect No regret How many nights Do you think I’ll forget? ### Verse 3 I remember all the birthdays you barely showed up for All the conversations dying with your face toward the wall Every time I needed comfort, somehow you needed space Every tear became inconvenient when it landed on my face You had energy for everything that mattered to yourself But loving me consistently stayed sitting on the shelf And somehow I kept thinking if I gave a little more You’d finally become the person that you promised me before I confused your potential with the person that you were Kept loving your intentions while your actions stayed a blur Maybe that’s the hardest truth I haven’t swallowed yet: I wasn’t holding onto you I was holding what I expected ### Bridge So tell me— Was it laziness? Was it selfishness? Was somebody else involved? Were there messages deleted? Were there nights you never called? How much truth did you keep buried? How much more haven’t I met? How many memories were lies That I still haven’t questioned yet? And maybe I’ll never know Every secret that you kept But I know what you destroyed And I know what I won’t accept ### Breakdown You had my trust You had my name You had a family You had a place You had someone standing beside you When everybody else walked away And you traded all of that For what? Another lie? Another excuse? Another night asleep While I was breaking beside you? ### Final Chorus NOW YOU’RE OUT AND OUR FAMILY’S WRECKED Everything we were Is something I regret Every broken promise Every night that I wept Every suspicious silence Every secret that you kept I gave you everything Till there was nothing of me left And you stood there asking why I couldn’t love you like before Because love can survive anger Love can survive neglect Love can even survive heartbreak BUT IT CAN’T SURVIVE WITHOUT RESPECT ### Final Post-Chorus No respect No regret There’s probably still more You haven’t told me yet But keep it I don’t need another answer I don’t need another text You didn’t lose my love You lost My Respect.