What I Asked For

I asked for late nights that meant something

For honesty when it wasn't easy

I asked for effort without excuses

For someone who'd meet me halfway

I asked for words that didn't disappear

For actions that matched what you said

I asked for presence not perfection

For staying instead of turning your head

I don't think I asked for too much

I just asked the wrong person

I told you everything I needed

But you never told me you cared

I kept laying my heart on the table

You kept acting like it wasn't there

I was giving you all of my patience

All of my love all of my time

Now I'm learning the hardest lesson

Don't love someone

Who won't even try

Don't love someone

Who won't even try

I confused your distance for mystery

Thought your silence meant something more

I kept making space for your absence

Calling it depth, calling it hope

I blamed myself for wanting connection

For feeling too deeply, too fast

But wanting to be chosen

Was never the part I should've masked

I don't need to convince someone

To feel what should come naturally

I told you everything I needed

But you never told me you cared

I kept laying my heart on the table

You kept acting like it wasn't there

I was giving you all of my patience

All of my love, all of my time

Now I'm learning the hardest lesson

Don't love someone

Who won't even try

Don't love someone

Who won't even try

I keep falling for potential

For half-answers and maybes

I keep mistaking attention

For something that might save me

But I don't want to repeat this story

Don't wanna heal just to bleed again

I don't hate you

I just won't do this again

I just won't do this again