if it means you're free

you

don’t say much anymore but i hear it in the space

every silence weighs like stone

every look i can’t replace

i replay the worst of me

like a film i can’t erase

and i know i built the hurt

that i see in your face

i don’t ask you to forgive me

i don’t ask you to stay i

just hope the pain i gave

you

starts to fade away

you wanna see me hurt

‘cause i did you dirty

but i can’t live with that truth if it keeps you hurting

too

you wanna see me fall

i understand it all

but i just want you free

even if it’s not with me

so let me take the blame

let me wear the shame

if it means you don’t look back if it means you heal

from that

i’ve learned to sit with quiet

where your laughter used to be

and i don’t try to fill it up

i just let it bury me

every “sorry” feels too small

every word comes out too late

but i still mean every one

even when they can’t change fate

i don’t need your

understanding

i don’t need your grace

just don’t let

what i did

follow you in every place

if pain had a name

i know it’d sound like mine

and i don’t need redemption i just need you fine

if you have to forget me to finally feel whole

then i’ll disappear gently out of your soul

you wanna see me hurt

‘cause i did you dirty

but i can’t live with that truth if it keeps you hurting

too

you wanna see me fall

i understand it all

but i just want you free

even if it’s not with me

so let me take the blame let me wear the shame

if it means you don’t look back if it means you heal

from that