Don't call this a failure

[short instrumental intro] [mellow guitar picking at start] [Gentle piano] [Verse 1] [Clear, annunciated vocals] I can see the years from the lines by my eyes, And the Memories stained by so many lies, We learned how to brave all kinds of weather, Weathering the fallout from being together. Youth went like grey skies after a storm, Left us still familiar, but never as warm. Saying “not yet” like it was a prayer, Faith turned into habit in the home we share. [Light Strings build] [Pre-Chorus] We got comfortable in chaos, Just to coexist, Graspin' our memries with a clenching fist. I never meant to make a war of every word, Both screaming but neither ever being heard. We both just learned how to survive, But just surviving ain't like being alive [Chorus] [Harmonizing backup vocals] So don’t call this a failure, don’t call it goodbye, What we had was a fire, and it lit up the sky. I'm done sleeping on the grave of us tonight, Holding all the ashes just to prove there was a fire. I’m not ending the love, I’m ending the war, Instead of this hell, don't we deserve more. Sometimes love sets you free. So while there’s still breath in me, I'm done running from what i already know, I still love you enough to let you go, [Verse 2] We carried the past through every fight that we had, Let it stain the good with the taste of the bad. They never saw us trying, just heard all the sound. Of two broken people always ready to drown. I never meant to tear you down, just to stay afloat, You didn't try to wear me out, Just to reach the boat, There's a kind of Comfort in pain that cuts to the bone, How much we endure just so we're not alone. [Chorus] So don’t call this a failure, don’t call it goodbye, What we had was a fire, and it lit up the sky. I'm done sleeping on the grave of us tonight, Holding all the ashes just to prove there was a fire. I’m not ending the love, I’m ending the war, Instead of this hell, don't we deserve more. Sometimes love sets you free. So while there’s still breath in me, I'm done running from what i already know, I still love you enough to let you [Bridge] Maybe someday When we reach the other side, When we both leave this world behind, Free from the damage, nothing left of the blame, We’ll meet just like the first time, but it won't end the same. Wide eyed, with nothing left to prove to me or you, No echoes left of ghosts that told us what to do. I’ll get to see the man that you were meant to be. My eyes will show the love you were meant to see. Unbroken, unafraid, without resentment on your face, Finally free of pain with love in its place. [Final instramental swell and fall down] [Final grand Chorus] [Backing vocals of powerful choir] So don’t call this a failure, don’t call it goodbye, What we had was a fire, and it lit up the sky. I'm done sleeping on the grave of us tonight, Holding all the ashes just to prove there was a fire. I’m not ending the love, I’m ending the war, Instead of this hell, don't we deserve more. Sometimes love sets you free. So while there’s still breath in me, I'm done running from what i already know, I still love you enough to let you [Outro with pauses] [Claps] We stayed 'cause it mattered, not because it was right, Call it holding on, but it's holding on just to fight, And This is a fight nobody can win, Holding too tight to what's already been. Being too stubborn to see truth was the only sin, Afraid to say out loud what we've been living in. Running out of laters, later never comes though, We survived love—now it's time to let this love go.