[Verse 1 – female voice] You didn’t marry me for me You married for the mirror Needed my shine on your name My smile on your status You slipped a ring on my hand Like a badge on your jacket Gave me a job with a license Called it love Called it ā€œusā€ You didn’t want a wife You wanted a soft place to land A puppet on a pretty string Pulled tight by your shaking hands [Chorus – female voice] You married me for all the wrong reasons All the wrong seasons All the wrong dreams You didn’t think I was worth much Just a warm touch to quiet your screams You married me ā€˜cause you were breaking Not ā€˜cause you saw me Not ā€˜cause you stayed You didn’t want a wife You wanted saving You wanted a servant you could rename ā€œbaeā€ [Verse 2 – female voice] You needed an audience Not a partner Clapping for every sad story you told You fed on my empathy Drained me down to the bone You didn’t love my loud laugh You loved that I’d listen You loved how I fixed you Even as my edges went missing You married me like a life raft Not a life you’d protect You wanted a love slave On call for your emptiness [Chorus – female voice ] You married me for all the wrong reasons All the wrong seasons All the wrong dreams You didn’t think I was worth much Just a warm touch to quiet your screams You married me ā€˜cause you were sinking Pulled me under Called it fate You didn’t want a wife You wanted healing You wanted a mirror that’d never break [Verse 3 – male voice] I should’ve never signed that paper Should’ve never said those words I was scared of being lonely So I tied you to my hurt I didn’t know the shape of love Only knew the shape of fear So I used you like a shelter From the storm that lived in here [Pre-Chorus – male voice ] I wanted someone to carry Weight I never learned to name I called it ā€œforever and everā€ But I just hid inside your grace [Chorus – male voice ] I should’ve never gotten married Not the man that I was then Didn’t know how to hold a heart Only knew how to pretend I took your dreaming Turned it heavy Turned your bright into my shade I should’ve never gotten married Till I learned to stand in my own name [Bridge – Duet] [female voice] So what do we do now? [male voice] I’m staring at the wreckage we made [female voice] I won’t be your crutch Your cover [male voice ] I won’t ask you to stay the same [female voice ] I needed a partner Not a prison [male voice ] I needed to face my fear alone [Both] Maybe the kindest thing we give each other Is setting down this heavy home [Chorus – Duet] [female voice] You married me for all the wrong reasons [male voice] I walked in with all the wrong plans [female voice] You didn’t think I was worth much [male voice] I didn’t know how to love who I am [Both] We built a life on broken meanings Signed a promise we couldn’t keep [female voice] You didn’t want a wife You wanted healing [male voice] I should’ve healed before you leapt to me [Outro – female voice] So I lay this ring on the table Take my heart back from your need You married me for all the wrong reasons But I’m walking out For the right ones For me (yeah)