Paper Hearts

Day

by

day I

talk to myself Was it only me,

or did we change?

I don't know if my heart was right

or

wrong

Still holding on when nothing

feels the same I can see

you're trying to stay But maybe we're already too late

Maybe we're forcing ourselves to remain

Because we need each other today

And it's okay to say this is the truth

Not everything we hold is love anymore

I love you,

but love can't stand alone

Not when I give and you don't give the same

I know the value

of the heart I bring

I'm not made to keep waiting in the rain

If you can't choose me with your whole heart

Then I'll be the one who chooses me

I'm not naive, I know the signs

When there's a secret living between two hands I may not have

the proof to show

But old wounds know what the heart understands

I watched my mother lose her trust To someone who kept looking

somewhere

else

So when I opened up my world to you

I feared becoming someone

I could not help

I gave you all my truth from the start

That's why every lie

cuts twice as hard

If you're confused about what you really feel

I'll give you the freedom

that you say you need

If you can't see

what I am in your life

I'll give that worth back to myself tonight

I love you, but now I finally know

Love should breathe with two hearts equally So I'll walk away before

I disappear This isn't running,

it's saving me

And if there's someone who can meet me where I am

I won't be afraid to love again I deserve to be loved

completely And this time,

I choose myself