Lyric

I smiled before

Your hands could shake

Made the room soft

For your escape

I said it was fine

Before you asked

Gave you a door

With no broken glass

You did not have

To see me fold

I kept my hurt

Well-behaved and cold

I made the ending

Easy to hold

Then carried the part

That never got told

I did not want

To make you stay

By making guilt

Stand in your way

But somewhere under

That gentle face

I wanted you

To feel the weight

Made it easier for you

Made it harder to be me

Kept the hurt off your hands

Kept the damage clean

Gave you the soft way out

Gave myself the heavy room

You left lighter than I did

I made that true for you

Made it easier for you

Made it harder to be me

I swallowed what I wanted

So you could leave free

No blame on your shirt

No blood on your sleeve

Just my quiet working overtime

To let you breathe

Clean hands

Soft exit

No blame

I fixed it

Low voice

Small damage

Your peace

My habit

I packed my sadness

Before it spilled

Kept every question

Under the windowsill

You said I handled

Everything well

I did not tell you

How far I fell

I made the story

Simple and kind

Left out the hunger

Left out the line

Where I almost asked

If you could see

How much of the ending

Was made out of me

I did not want

To make you wrong

So I made myself

A quieter song

But somewhere under

That easy grace

I wanted you

To turn and wait

Made it easier for you

Made it harder to be me

Kept the hurt off your hands

Kept the damage clean

Gave you the soft way out

Gave myself the heavy room

You left lighter than I did

I made that true for you

Made it easier for you

Made it harder to be me

I swallowed what I wanted

So you could leave free

No blame on your shirt

No blood on your sleeve

Just my quiet working overtime

To let you breathe

Maybe I called it mercy

Maybe I called it grace

Maybe I liked the look

Of calm on my face

Maybe I could not stand

To watch you know

How much I needed

What I would not show

I did not make you gentle

I only made you safe

From the kind of truth

That changes a face

I gave you less to carry

Than I carried home

Then wondered why

The night felt so alone

Made it easier for you

Made it harder to be me

Kept the hurt off your hands

Kept the damage clean

Gave you the soft way out

Gave myself the heavy room

You left lighter than I did

I made that true for you

Made it easier for you

Made it harder to be me

I swallowed what I wanted

So you could leave free

No blame on your shirt

No blood on your sleeve

Just my quiet working overtime

To let you breathe

I can make it look kind

I can make it look clean

But somebody pays

When nobody seems