Halfway Out

Lyrics

[Verse 1] You left your coffee cooling by the sink, A folded map beneath the kitchen light. I watched you pause before you tried to speak, As if the truth could make the room less bright. [Pre-Chorus] I held the door, I held my breath, I gave you more than what was left. [Chorus] You kept a place for someone gone, While I kept carrying us along. I built a home inside your doubt, You were already halfway out. I loved you in the present tense, You lived inside his absence. [Verse 2] I learned to read the silence in your eyes, The distant gaze, the unfinished goodbyes. You say you love me, but I sense the lie; Another name still occupies your mind. [Pre-Chorus] I held the door, I held my breath, I gave you more than what was left. [Chorus] You kept a place for someone gone, While I kept carrying us along. I built a home inside your doubt, You were already halfway out. I loved you in the present tense, You lived inside his absence. [Bridge] Perhaps one day you’ll finally understand: I was the one who never let go of your hand. He left you broken; I remained through the pain, But you continued waiting for him to return again. [Final Chorus] You betrayed my heart for someone who left you, I gave you forever, but forever was not true. I stood beside you while you called his name, And every promise slowly sounded the same. You chose a ghost, and I became the proof That love can stay and still be cast loose. I gave you everything I knew, But I was never the one you chose to choose. [Outro] So take the silence with you when you go, I’m done pretending I was all you know.