POTENTIAL

I saw the cracks but I painted them gold

Loved the idea not the man I was told

You wore your silence like it made you deep

But truth was a hollow you couldn't keep

I built a life on the dreams in my head

Laid down my heart where your lies were fed

I kept on shining thought you'd catch the flame

But no matter my love you stayed the same

I thought you were changing but you never grew

I carried a vision that was never you

You're not the man I prayed you'd turn into

Just a shadow I kept trying to see through

I held the illusion ignored all the signs

But the truth hit harder than any goodbye

I held on too long but now I know

You'll never be the man I hoped

I made excuses I covered your flaws

Thought my love could rewrite who you really are

But feelings will trick you they rewrite the truth

And I was a dreamer still tied to my youth

You wore potential like it made you strong

But I should've known it was borrowed all along

I kept on waiting but now it's clear

The man that I loved was never here

I thought you were fire but you faded to smoke

I carried the dream that I never should've wrote

You're not the man I prayed you'd turn into

Just a shadow I kept trying to see through

I held the illusion ignored all the signs

But the truth hit harder than any goodbye

I held on too long but now I know

You'll never be the man I hoped

I thought you were steady but you slipped through my hands

My mistake was believing in somebody's plans

I fell for potential it cut me so deep

But love built on maybe is love you can't keep

Love a man for the truth you can see

Not the picture you paint of who he could be

Don't waste your time on a promise of change

Choose someone real you won't need to rearrange