I kept giving Like it meant something Like it would come back Never did [Verse 1 – steady, observational] You take what you need Leave the rest where it falls Never look back at it Never think twice I stayed too long in that Thinking it meant I was good Thinking holding the line Was the same as being seen Time didn’t stop for it Just kept slipping past While I stood there trying to make sense of something gone [Pre-Chorus – tension rising] It’s giving nothing No movement No change Just people Taking what they can [Chorus – direct, no lift tricks] I’ve been used I can say that now Worn thin By things that never weighed in No empathy in the room Just silence that looks like care I’m done standing here in it Done giving it space [Verse 2 – more internal, sharper] There’s a ghost I’ve been carrying Not loud Just always there Every time I let something slide It grows a little clearer I can feel it in decisions In what I don’t say anymore In the way I look at people Before I let them in This edge I’m walking It’s not by accident It’s the only place Things feel real [Pre-Chorus – tighter, shorter] No one’s coming back To fix what they took You see that Or you don’t [Chorus – stronger, grounded push] I’ve been used I can feel where it cut in Time gone And nothing to show for it No empathy in the frame Just faces that pass through I’m drawing the line myself now No one else gets to [Bridge – shift, reflective but firm] Turning pages now Not waiting for them to turn Writing it out Without asking if it’s right Blueprints don’t come handed over You build them Or you follow someone else’s I’m not doing that again [Break – stripped, almost spoken] Hope passed by A long time ago I didn’t chase it I just kept moving [Final Chorus – controlled lift, clarity] I’ve been used But I’m not staying there Time still moves And I’m moving with it now No empathy needed I see it clear enough I’ll find tomorrow myself Or I won’t need it [Outro – quiet, resolved] Walking the edge Still here That’s
