Half a Promise

You said you'd stay, but you packed too light

One bag, one look, then out of sight

I held your words like they were gold

But half a promise always folds

I replayed the way you shut the door

Like silence meant I need you more

You left your hoodie on my chair

A souvenir that said you cared

Half a promise, half a lie

Half the truth you let slip by

I built a home on what you said

Now I sleep alone in half your bed

Half a promise, half a fight

Half the love, but none of the right

You gave me almost, gave me less

And called it love, I called it mess

I kept your text like sacred proof

Each one a blade with velvet truth

You swore you'd never twist the knife

But every word rewrote my life

I begged for more, you gave me maybe

You kissed like leaving, soft and shaky

I learned to live on almost there

But almost doesn't mean you care

You left me hanging by a thread

And called it healing while I bled

Half a promise, half a lie

Half the truth you let slip by

I built a home on what you said

Now I sleep alone in half your bed

Half a promise, half a fight

Half the love, but none of the right

You gave me almost, gave me less

And called it love, I called it mess

I called it mess