[Verse 1] I knew the shape of all your silences, The words you swallowed down like glass. I saw the boy beneath the bitterness, The wounds you swore would never last. I never asked you to be innocent. God knows I never asked you clean. I only thought that when the choice came, You would remember what I'd seen. [Pre-Chorus] You knew the names I couldn't speak. You knew the things that made me weak. You knew what darkness did to me… And still, you chose it willingly. [Chorus] You knew what it would cost me. You knew what I had survived. You knew I'd spent my whole life Trying to keep that world outside. Tell me, was it worth it? Was the power worth the price? You didn't have to stop me loving you. You only had to choose the night. [Pre-Chorus] You knew the ghosts beneath my skin. You knew the war I kept within. You knew the thing I feared becoming… And gave it one more way to win. [Chorus] You knew what it would cost me. You knew what I had survived. You knew I'd spent my whole life Trying to keep that world outside. Tell me, was it worth it? Was the power worth the price? You didn't have to stop me loving you. You only had to choose the night. [Bridge] Don't tell me you did it for a future. Don't dress ambition up as fate. Don't ask me to admire your sacrifice When I was the one you chose to break. I would've loved you through your anger. I would've stayed through every doubt. But you cannot ask me to call it love When you knew what you'd become And let me find out. It's that some part of me still listens For your footsteps on the stair. [Breakdown, almost whispered] I know you. I know the fear beneath your fury. I know the shame beneath your pride. I know you thought the dark would give you Somewhere safe for all of it to hide. But I was there. I was there. You could have turned to me. You chose them instead. [Final Chorus] You knew what it would cost me. You knew I'd pay it all the same. You knew I'd search for some small mercy In the ruins of your name. And I would've stood beside you If you'd faced the dark with me. But you would rather kneel before it Than become the man you could have been.
