Never Meant to Leave

Verse 1 She learned to quiet her own feelings When the room was wearing thin Learned to carry other people Like it made her matter then She could calm a storm with silence She could hold a fragile heart But somewhere in the middle of that giving She left herself in the dark Chorus She was never meant to leave herself in the dark Never meant to trade her fire just to be somebody’s spark Never meant to lose her voice Trying to keep the peace alive Love should never ask a soul To slowly disappear inside And every road that brought her here Has left a thousand little marks But she was never meant To leave herself in the dark Verse 2 There were nights she called it kindness Just because she stayed so still Even when her own reflection Felt like someone she’d outlived And the ache became so normal She stopped asking where it starts Till one quiet moment finally showed her How far she’d drifted from her heart Chorus She was never meant to leave herself in the dark Never meant to trade her fire just to be somebody’s spark Never meant to lose her voice Trying to keep the peace alive Love should never ask a soul To slowly disappear inside And every road that brought her here Has left a thousand little marks But she was never meant To leave herself in the dark Bridge Now she sits with all the silence Without trying to escape Learning not every broken piece Was hers alone to save And the woman in the mirror Looks a little less afraid Like someone finally turning back After years of walking away Final Chorus She was never meant to leave herself in the dark Never meant to stand abandoned while she carried every heart Now she lets the light reach places She once hid behind the scars And she’s learning love can stay Without demanding who you are There’s still tenderness within her Still compassion in her arms But she was never meant To leave herself in the dark Outro No, she was never meant To leave herself in the dark