Lyrics

Verse 1
You were gentle in the beginning?
Soft hands, careful listening?
You looked at me like I was safe?
Like I had finally found my place
You spoke in futures, made them sound?
Like solid ground I could stand on
?But somewhere in the in-between?
You disappeared from what you seemed

Pre-Chorus
And I kept holding?
To the first version of you?
Like if I loved you harder?
That man would come through

Chorus
I wasn't blind, I just believed?
In the man you showed to me?
The one who held me like a promise?
Not the one who broke it quietly
I saw the cracks but chose the light?
Called it patience, called it right
?I thought my love could make you stay?
But I had faith in a man you never became

Verse 2
You'd come back just enough?
To remind me what it was?
A glimpse of who I thought you'd be?
Then back to inconsistency
And I mistook that fleeting grace
?As proof you'd find your way
?If I could just be good enough?
You'd love me like you did that day

Pre-Chorus
So I kept praying?
To a version in my head
?Fighting for someone?
Who only existed when he said

Chorus
I wasn't blind, I just believed?
In the man you showed to me?
The one who felt like answered prayers
?Not the one who disappeared
I saw the signs but called it growth?
Told myself you needed hope
?I thought if I could prove my worth?
You'd treat me like you did at first

Bridge
But faith without truth?
Is just denial dressed in light?
And love without consistency?
Is just a beautiful lie
I wasn't foolish?I was faithful?
To someone who wasn't real

Final Chorus
I wasn't blind, I just believed?
In who I wanted you to be
?But loving someone's potential
?Isn't loving what is real
I saw the truth and let it ache?
Because my heart needed to wake
?I wasn't weak for staying long
?I just had faith in something gone

Outro
It wasn't love I was defending?
It was the beginning?
And the hope of who you could have been.