Keep What You Never Gave

Verse 1 You never taught me how to stand, Just how it feels to fall alone. No map, no light, no father’s hand, Just silence on a disconnected phone. You left a house with broken doors, Went chasing beds in every town. Built another life, another “yours,” While we were learning how to drown. Pre-Chorus And now you come around like time Can wash the blood off what you did. Like I’m supposed to call it love Just because you finally remembered your kid. Chorus But I don’t care what you’re offering, Keep your sorry, keep your name. You don’t get to walk back in Like you didn’t light the flame. You were gone when I needed you, Now I’m grown, and I’m not yours. I don’t care what you’re offering— Leave it at the door. Just leave me alone. Verse 2 You never showed me where to go, Never warned me where not to step. I raised myself through highs and lows, With questions that you never met. You traded blood for cheap applause, Made strangers feel like home. Had a family you chose because The first one made you feel too known. Pre-Chorus 2 Don’t call it “mistakes” when it’s a pattern, Don’t call it “love” when it came late. I was a child staring out the window, You were a man who walked away. Chorus And I don’t care what you’re offering, Keep your sorry, keep your name. You don’t get to walk back in Like you didn’t light the flame. You were gone when I needed you, Now I’m grown, and I’m not yours. I don’t care what you’re offering— Leave it at the door. Just leave me alone. Bridge I learned direction from the damage, Learned forgiveness has a spine. Learned that blood can still be empty, And peace can still draw lines. You don’t get my tears for free now, You don’t get my open arms. I buried needing you somewhere Between the truth and all the scars. Final Chorus So I don’t care what you’re offering, Keep your reasons, keep your shame. I’m not a child at the window now, Waiting for your headlights in the rain. You were gone when I needed you, Now I’m whole without your call. I don’t care what you’re offering— I don’t want it at all. Outro You made your bed in every town, Built a life where we weren’t known. Now keep the love you never gave… And leave me alone.