[Intro — Female] You always knew the words That could make me hesitate I'd turn toward the door Then somehow choose to stay I called it something special You called it just a phase But every time I tried to leave You found another way [Verse 1 — Female] There were messages at midnight Promises by morning light You'd swear that things were different Then we'd end up in the same fight I learned to read the silence Between everything you'd say And somewhere underneath the loving I knew I had to walk away [Pre-Chorus — Female] I kept waiting for tomorrow To become the day you changed But hope can turn to heavy chains When you're afraid to break away [Chorus — Female] I had to choose the open road Had to put your weight down Had to find the part of me I'd nearly lost somehow You could pull me back with memories And make me question everything But I finally heard my own heart say I was right to leave [Verse 2 — Male] I found an old note from you Tucked behind a drawer And every word I'd overlooked Was staring back once more You weren't asking for perfection You were asking me to care While I kept promising tomorrow Like tomorrow would always be there [Pre-Chorus — Male] Now I see the moments When you needed me to stay And I answered with excuses Till you finally walked away [Chorus — Male] You had to choose the open road Had to put my weight down Had to find the part of you I helped to lose somehow I could wish you'd turn around again But wishing won't undo the past So the hardest truth I'll ever say Is you were right to leave [Duet — Female / Male] [Female: ]I wasn't trying to punish you [Male: ]I know I gave you reasons [Female: ]I just couldn't keep disappearing [Male: ]I should've seen it then [Female: ]I needed more than promises [Male: ]You deserved more than words [Both: ]Sometimes love can be real And still not make the hurt worth it [Bridge — Female] I built a boundary out of tears And finally stood behind it For once I didn't turn around When you came asking me to try again [Bridge — Male] And I stood there with the truth I couldn't blame on anyone You didn't leave because you didn't care You left because you cared about yourself [Breakdown — Female] I don't hate you [Male] I don't blame you [Female] I just needed room to breathe [Male] And I needed to become someone Who could understand what I couldn't see [Duet] [Female: ]Some doors close for a reason [Male: ]Some lessons come too late [Female:] I had to save my heart [Male:] I had to face my mistakes [Both: ]We can't rewrite yesterday But we can tell the truth today [Final Chorus — Duet] [Female:] I was right to take the road [Male: ]You were right to let me go [Female:] Right to choose a life Where I could finally grow [Male:] And if I ever loved you I should've helped you shine [Female:] I don't need you to regret me [Male: ]But I'll regret my side [Both:] Sometimes the hardest goodbye Is the one that sets you free [Female:] I was right to leave [Male:] You were right to leave [Both: ]And maybe that's the first time We both can finally breathe [Outro — Female] I don't carry what you gave me Like a sentence anymore [Male] And I'll carry what I learned So I don't hurt someone like that again [Female] The past can stay behind me [Male] And I can finally face my own [Both:] You walked away I let you go And somewhere in that ending We both found our way home
