Left Nothing but the Pain

LEFT WITH NOTHING BUT THE PAIN

I gave you every heartbeat in my body

Held the pieces when my world was torn apart

I kept reaching for a love that kept escaping

Holding ghosts and praying they'd feel like a heart

Every promise that you made felt temporary

Every "I love you" you whispered washed off me like rain

And I stood there, holding on to someone

Who left me standing

With nothing but the pain

But I won't let the memories chain me

To the past I broke away from long ago

If loving me was a weight you couldn't carry

Then I'll carry myself

And let you go

I can't keep giving all my love for nothing

When all you ever gave me was goodbye

I held on even when my hands were bleeding open

Trying to save a love already dying inside

But I won't fall

I won't crawl

I won't beg for you again

You walked away and left me

With nothing nothing but the kind of pain that steals your breath

I tried to hide the tears behind my laughter

Tried to smile like I was stronger than the storm

But every night I lay awake and shattered

Asking why my love was never what you wanted more

Now I'm rising from the fire you left burning

And this time I'm walking from the flames

'Cause I finally see the truth inside me

I don't need someone

Who leaves me with the pain

I gave you a heart that you couldn't carry

I gave you a love you couldn't sustain

Now I'm giving that love back to myself

And letting go

Of all the pain

I can't keep giving all my love for nothing

When all you ever gave me was goodbye

I held on even when my heart was breaking

Held my breath while watching every part of me die

But I won't fall

I won't crawl

I won't beg for you again

You walked away and left me

With nothing nothing but the kind of pain that steals your breath