I thought losing you

Would be the death of me...

Turns out

I was just afraid to live without you.

[Verse 1]

I gave you pieces of myself

You never had the right to keep.

Called it love when I was drowning,

Called it loyalty when I couldn't breathe.

I kept standing in the fire

Just to keep you close enough to stay.

But you made your choice...

So I finally made mine.

[Pre-Chorus]

I'm done confusing being needed

With being loved.

Done calling something home

When it keeps tearing me apart.

[Chorus]

I'm better on my own,

And I'm finally breathing now.

I spent too long beneath your shadow,

But I won't live there anymore.

You made your choice,

So I'll make mine.

I'm taking back every piece

Of the life I left behind.

Yeah, it hurts.

Yeah, I'll miss you.

But missing you

Don't mean I need you.

[Verse 2]

I know the nights are gonna hurt,

I know I'll question what went wrong.

But I'd rather face the silence

Than keep pretending I belong.

I don't hate you for leaving.

I hate that I stayed too long.

I kept shrinking myself down

Just to make your world feel strong.

Now there's room inside my chest

For something other than your name.

[Pre-Chorus]

Maybe I'm still broken,

Maybe I'm still learning.

But these scars are finally mine,

And nobody's steering.

[Chorus]

I'm better on my own,

And I'm finally breathing now.

You were the storm I kept surviving,

Now I'm walking myself out.

You made your choice,

So I'll make mine.

I'm taking back every piece

Of this life.

[Bridge — Quiet]

I loved you.

That's the truth.

But love shouldn't feel like

Losing yourself just to keep somebody.

So I'm letting go.

Not because I stopped caring—

Because I finally started caring

About me.

[Instrumental Break]

Heavy guitar riff. Driving drums. Melodic guitar solo.

[Final Chorus — Huge]

I'm better on my own!

And I'm finally breathing now!

You made your choice—

Now I'm taking my life back!

I won't beg.

I won't chase.

I won't disappear

To keep you in my space.

You were the storm.

I was the one who stayed.

Now I'm walking through the fire

And watching it fade.

I choose myself.

I choose my life.

And I won't come back tonight.

[Outro — Soft]

Maybe someday

I'll forgive what happened.

Maybe someday

I'll forgive myself.

But tonight...

I'm walking away.

And for the first time—

I don't feel alone.