Paper Hearts

I still leave my phone on loud,

Just in case you call somehow.

I know I said that I was done,

But missing you don't listen to anyone.

My friends say, “Girl,

you’ll be okay,” Like

they can make the hurt go away.

But they don't know about the nights When I stare at our

pictures under my covers with the lights off.

And I act like I'm alright,

Laughing with my girls all night.

But when I get home by myself,

That's when I miss you like hell.

After you left, the silence got loud,

Your name still follows me around.

I gave you my heart,

you gave it back With a couple more cracks

than I had.

And I wish I could hate you,

But I still miss you instead.

Some people leave your life,

But they stay inside your head.

And I'm still learning how to live

With the love

you left.

I changed your name in my phone,

But I still know it's you.

Deleted all our pictures,

Then saved a couple too.

There's a song we used to play

That I can't listen to the same.

'Cause the second that it comes on,

I'm right back in that place.

And maybe I'm young,

But don't tell me I don't know pain.

Just because I'm sixteen Doesn't mean my heart can't break.

So I smile like I'm okay,

But some feelings don't just fade.

And everybody says, “Move on,”

But they don't know what I'm moving from.

Maybe someday I'll wake up And you won't be my first thought.

Maybe I'll hear our favorite song And it won't hurt quite as

much.

Maybe I'll love somebody new And never have to question if they

do

too.

And maybe I'll look back at sixteen

And finally understand You weren't the end of my story—

You were just a chapter I couldn't keep.

After you left, the silence got loud,

But I'm finally finding my way out.

You took a piece of who I was,

But you didn't take all of me with you.

I won't lie and say I don't miss you,

Some nights I probably always will.

But I'm learning that a broken heart Can still find something worth

feeling.

And someday I'll be okay

With the memories in my head.

You were

once my whole world,

But now you're just

The love you left.

So I'll turn off the hallway light,

And let the old memories rest.

I loved you with my whole heart...

And that's the love you left.