[Intro] (soft, breath-held) I don’t know how to say this Without breaking first [Verse 1] I learned your silence like a language Every pause cut deeper than truth I wore your absence on my skin Like it was proof I still belonged to you I kept my voice down, kept it steady Afraid you’d hear how bad I need I made myself smaller every night Just to fit inside your gravity [Pre-Chorus] I would’ve bled quiet If it meant you stayed I would’ve burned softer Just to feel your weight [Chorus] You were all I ever reached for All I let myself believe I tore my hands apart just trying To hold what wouldn’t stay with me I don’t need you to save me I just need you to see You were all I ever reached for And it’s killing me [Verse 2] I built a throne from broken moments Called it love, called it fate I crowned your shadow over my chest Let it tell me when to break I swallowed every warning sign Said the pain was temporary But wanting you felt permanent And that scared me more than anything [Pre-Chorus] I would’ve stayed frozen If you said my name I would’ve erased myself Just to keep you the same [Chorus] You were all I ever reached for All I let myself believe I tore my hands apart just trying To hold what wouldn’t stay with me I don’t need you to save me I just need you to see You were all I ever reached for And it’s killing me [Bridge] (shaking, rising) I screamed inside my ribcage Till my heart learned how to bruise If loving you was survival Then I didn’t have a choice to lose I’m standing in the aftermath Still shaking from the fall If this is what I called devotion I don’t know who I was at all [Final Chorus] You were all I ever reached for Every prayer I couldn’t say I broke my voice just to prove I was worth the pain I don’t need you to save me I just need you to know You were all I ever reached for And now I’m letting go I survived wanting you And that’s the hardest truth I know
