All Your Promises Were False

Lyrics

[Verse 1] You wrote my name on a grocery receipt Beside the things you swore you'd never need Milk, black coffee, one more chance You folded it twice and left it by the lamp I found it months later in a winter coat The ink had bled through every word you wrote I read it in the laundromat's white light And watched your promises come apart in mine [Pre-Chorus] You said forever like a fact But facts don't disappear when you take them back [Chorus] All your promises were false Every careful word had a hidden cost I built a home from what you said Now there's a key with no door left You held my heart and called it safe Then left me carrying the shape All your promises were false And I believed them all [Verse 2] Your blue mug still sits above the sink A chipped little moon where you used to drink I don't move it, though I know I should Some habits outlive the people who made them good The landlord asked if you were coming home I said you found somewhere better on your own He nodded like he'd heard it every day I signed the paper and looked away [Pre-Chorus] You said trust me, I closed my eyes That was the moment I stopped seeing the signs [Chorus] All your promises were false Every careful word had a hidden cost I built a home from what you said Now there's a key with no door left You held my heart and called it safe Then left me carrying the shape All your promises were false And I believed them all [Bridge] I don't need an apology That turns the knife politely I need the truth without your hands Reaching for me when you can't stand To see the wreckage where we were To say my love was not absurd [Final Chorus] All your promises were false But losing you is not my loss I built a life from what remains One honest brick beneath the rain You held my heart, I let it go Now I know what I need to know All your promises were false But I won't believe them all [Outro] The receipt is gone, the coat is clean The door is mine, the room is mine You said forever, then you ran I kept the part where I still stand