Let Me Be Clear

I ain't here to rewrite history

Just to tell it straight

I gave you loyalty in places

You barely gave me space

Held it down through every storm

Even ones you wouldn't name

And when things finally broke

You disappeared like I was blame

I carried weight you dropped on purpose

Thinking time would make it light

But every time I reached for closeness

You retreated out of sight

And maybe you thought I'd chase forever

Maybe you thought I'd drown in fear

But losing you didn't break me girl

It broke the version who kept you near

Let me be clear

Let me be clear

I loved you real but I love me more now

Let me be clear

Losing you hurt but look at who I am now

Let me be clear

If you ever circle back you won't find the same man waiting

Let me be clear

I ain't holding doors for anyone who closes them on purpose

See heartbreak got a way

Of showing you who you've been protecting

I kept trying to guard your heart

While mine was left unchecked and unrespected

I lowered standards

Ignored patterns

Let confusion feel like fate

'Cause when you want someone that bad

You'll let patience turn to wait

But silence taught me something

That love never could

The man I am today ain't dying

For the things I once withstood

And healing ain't revenge

It's just cutting through the noise

You forced me into distance

I found peace inside the void

Let me be clear

Let me be clear

I cared I fell I fought but I rose without you

Let me be clear

I learned my worth from everything I let you walk through

Let me be clear

You won't hear my pain in my voice no more

Let me be clear

You ain't the lock on a heart that learned its own door