Just to Leave Me

I told everybody they were wrong When they told me what they'd heard I was busy making plans with you So I didn't hear a word I still remember how excited I was for everything we'd do God, I wish that I could go back And tell that girl the truth You didn't have to say you hated me You found a hundred other ways And somehow every time you hurt me I was the one who took the blame You brought me here just to leave me In a life that isn't mine You promised we'd be happy I was miserable the whole damn time And I kept waiting for the man You made me think you were You brought me here just to leave me Was any of it ever worth it to you? I got so good at saying sorry Even when I didn't know why I learned to watch the way I said things Just to make it through the night You'd tell me I was everything Until you needed someone to blame And I'd find another reason To believe that you could change I heard the things that people told me I just didn't want them to be right Funny how I spent so long defending Someone I was scared to fight You'd say you never meant to hurt me Like that made everything okay And I'd forgive you in the morning Just to hear it all again someday You brought me here just to leave me In a life that isn't mine You promised we'd be happy I was miserable the whole damn time And I kept waiting for the man You made me think you were You brought me here just to leave me Was any of it ever worth it to you? You called me royalty once Do you even remember that? You said it like you meant it Then you took those words right back I never asked for everything I never needed some perfect man I just wanted you to love me Without making me regret who I am And God, I wanted us to make it That's the part I fucking hate I would've kept on forgiving you If I hadn't finally walked away You brought me here just to leave me In a life that isn't mine You promised we'd be happy I was miserable the whole damn time And I kept waiting for the man You made me think you were You brought me here just to leave me Was any of it ever worth it to you? I used to think I'd lost somebody When everything fell apart But I was losing pieces of myself Just trying to keep your heart You brought me here just to leave me But you don't get to make me stay