I told my friends you had a bad week That's why you said the things you said I told my mother you were lovely When she asked why I looked wrecked I got good at making reasons For the nights you wouldn't call And I learned to change the subject When they asked about us at all You'd come around on Sunday morning With some breakfast and a smile And I'd forget about the Friday That had nearly ended us I didn't need you to be perfect I just needed you to stay And I could turn almost anything Into a reason you'd behave that way I made a religion out of loving you Believed in things I couldn't prove Every time you let me down I found another excuse I kept forgiving what you wouldn't change Called it love and called it faith And I gave you every part of me Till there was nothing left to save I made a religion out of loving you And I was the only one who prayed Your sister said I looked exhausted At your birthday in July You were laughing with your friends While I was trying not to cry You'd spent the evening making jokes About the things I couldn't do And I laughed along because I knew What would happen if I didn't On the drive home you were angry Said I'd embarrassed you again So I apologised for ruining A night I hadn't even planned I thought that being understanding Meant I had to take the blame But there's a difference between patience And accepting someone's pain I made a religion out of loving you Believed in things I couldn't prove Every time you let me down I found another excuse I kept forgiving what you wouldn't change Called it love and called it faith And I gave you every part of me Till there was nothing left to save I made a religion out of loving you And I was the only one who prayed I used to think that leaving Meant admitting I was wrong That if I could just keep trying We could get back what was gone But I wasn't keeping us together I was keeping you comfortable And every time I said, "It's alright" I was telling you it was acceptable I WASN'T ASKING FOR A MIRACLE! I WAS ASKING YOU TO CARE! AND EVERY TIME I NEEDED SOMETHING YOU MADE ME FEEL LIKE I SHOULDN'T DARE! NO MORE EXCUSES! NO MORE SECOND CHANCES! I DON'T OWE YOU MY LIFE JUST BECAUSE I GAVE YOU HALF OF IT! I made a religion out of loving you Believed in things I couldn't prove Every time you let me down I found another excuse I kept forgiving what you wouldn't change Called it love and called it faith And I gave you every part of me Till there was nothing left to save But I don't need to hate you To admit what you put me through And I don't need another reason To explain why I'm leaving you I can miss the person I believed in Without pretending they were real And I can finally stop defending All the things you made me feel My mother asked about you yesterday. I told her we weren't together. She said, "Good."
