The Rings Are Still on the Floor

You said the words you can't unsay

Laid them down like knives on a kitchen tray

And I stood there, holding silence like a shield

Wondering if love just means never being healed

You threw the rings across the room

Turned symbols into bitter proof

Of all the years we can't unwind

And every truth we left behind

The rings are still on the floor

Like ghosts that don't know where to go

I'm here, but I don't know what for

If this ain't love, why's it hurt me so?

And if it is, why's it break me more?

The rings are still on the floor

But my heart's not where it was before

You cried and said, "Don't pity me"

But how do I unsee what's haunting me?

You say I'm stone, say I'm the cause

Then hold my hand like nothing's lost

You're scared I'll twist your words again

I'm scared this pain will never end

So I wrote it down so you'd be sure

Even love can trigger something raw

I won't pretend to know her pain

Or shape it just to clear my name

But I'm not here from guilt or shame

I stayed because I chose the flame

Even if it scorched the floor

I'm still standing at the door

The rings are still on the floor

Like ghosts that don't know where to go

I'm here, but I don't know what for

If this ain't love, why's it hurt me so?

And if it is, why's it break me more?

The rings are still on the floor

But my heart's not where it was before

You asked if I still want to be near

And I said yes-but I made it clear

This love can't stay the way it's been

If we both want to breathe within

I stayed-not because it hurt less

But because some roots don't second guess

The rings are still on the floor...

But maybe love is something more