[Spoken Intro] What did you want from him? Attention. Affection. To feel like his queen and not his shadow. [Verse 1] I was not jealous I was tired of watching strangers hold your fire You came alive in every room Then came home empty too soon I stood beside you year by year Made you a king and disappeared [Pre-Chorus] You thought I stayed because I was weak But I was just waiting for you to see me [Chorus] I gave the love a three You gave your pride a nine You gave the work an eight and never gave me time I asked for three nights You gave me reasons I asked for your heart You changed the seasons I loved you at a ten while you were losing me That is the math you never wanted to see [Verse 2] You called it money I called it distance You called it freedom I called it absence I did not need gold I needed truth I needed the man I kept seeing in you You made me wait You made me small Then acted shocked I could leave at all [Pre-Chorus] You thought the shelf would keep me near But love cannot breathe when it disappears [Chorus] I gave the love a three You gave your pride a nine You gave the work an eight and never gave me time I asked for three nights You gave me reasons I asked for your heart You changed the seasons I loved you at a ten while you were losing me That is the math you never wanted to see [Bridge - Spoken] How sure were you that she would stay? Nine. How loved did she feel? Three. That is not jealousy. That is loneliness with a pulse. [Bridge - Sung] I was not asking to own your sky I only asked to be where you looked first But you loved the crowd and called it life while I learned what absence was worth [Final Chorus] I gave the love a three You gave your pride a nine You gave the work an eight and never gave me time I asked for three nights You gave me reasons I asked for your heart You changed the seasons I loved you at a ten while you were losing me That is the math you never wanted to see [Outro] You were so sure I would never leave. That was the illusion. I finally counted me.
