You Didn’t Show Up (Half-Hearted Apology)

Verse 1 I wanna be clear, there was never an if You didn’t bruise me, you shattered the myth I thanked you for that half-hearted apology But you still don’t see what you did to me I was drowning, reaching through the dark Calling your name just to find a spark But you turned away like I wasn’t there Now you’re asking why I think you don’t care Pre-Chorus You say you’re confused Like you don’t understand But I was coming undone With my heart in my hands Chorus You didn’t show up when I needed you most Left me alone with a love like a ghost Six weeks of silence while I fell apart You were protecting your pride, not my heart And I’m tired of swallowing everything down Tiptoeing softly so no one hears a sound Funny how nobody notices pain Until someone dies or walks away Verse 2 You were probably out living your life Laughing with friends, chasing another night Running from anything real or true While I was learning how to survive you Piece by piece I stitched myself whole With trembling hands and a shattered soul You never saw how deep it went Because loving you was an accident Pre-Chorus You say that you care But your actions don’t lie You chose your anger While I learned to survive Chorus You didn’t show up when I needed you most Left me alone with a love like a ghost Six weeks of silence while I fell apart You were protecting your pride, not my heart And I’m tired of swallowing everything down Tiptoeing softly so no one hears a sound Funny how nobody notices pain Until someone dies or walks away Bridge Maybe the truth is simple and plain I kept pouring love into someone who changed And every time I needed your hand You taught me to stand alone again Final Chorus You didn’t show up when I needed you most So now I’m learning to let you go I won’t keep begging for love that hides I’ll build my life on the other side No more shrinking to keep you calm No more bleeding to keep you warm You didn’t show up when I needed you most Now I’m finally leaving the ghost