Verse 1 You said… and said… and implied I was killing the friendship Too quiet, too slow to reply Every silence slammed another jail door shut Every pause another crime I just got married Life keeps pulling at my sleeve Some promises had to come first Some vows changed how I spent my days You wanted every corner of my daylight There just wasn’t that much left of me And I could feel your fear beneath it all That someday I’d disappear A family, a child, a changing world Would leave you standing on the corner of nowhere Pre-Chorus I’m nodding my head while I’m losing my mind Searching for a period I’ll never find You’re spinning a web of “he said, she said” I’m already halfway gone instead Chorus You’re dining on the dying vine Trying to drink what’s left of my daylight Every conversation turns into a trial Every accusation just widens the divide You say I’m killing what we had But your grief became a heavy ask A heavy ask for a heart running thin Where do you end…where do I begin? ⸻ Verse 2 Your letter was a masterclass In how I’d crossed every line Every word assigned an evil motive To a heart that wasn’t trying I never came with sharpened knives No hidden war beneath my skin But you’ve tattooed me with intention Like guilt was always sewn within I’m staring at the energy you spent Trying to decode every breath It’s Shakespeare trapped inside an algorithm Arguing itself to death Pre-Chorus I’m nodding my head while I’m losing my mind Searching for a period I’ll never find There’s no appeal, there’s no defense Just another bludgeoning sentence after sentence Chorus You’re dining on a dying vine Trying to resurrect what’s died Holding tighter only makes it fade Love can’t survive a courtroom heart You call it fighting for a friend I call it spear-fishing for the end You’re a heavy ask for hearts already thin Where do you end…where do I begin? ⸻ Bridge Dining on the dying vine… There’s nothing left for either of us to find People come for a reason Some stay for a season Some chapters close before we’re ready Maybe love isn’t always holding on Maybe love knows when to let go I hope you find the friend you’re searching for I just can’t keep failing you anymore ⸻ Final Chorus We’d been dining on the dying vine Looking for a fault that’s mine But every page you handed me Just buried what was left to see You said I was killing the friendship Maybe… It had already died And neither one of us Could say goodbye. Outro I’m done searching… for a period. You finally… gave me one.
