[Intro]

Verse 1

You called me stranger through the storm

Like I was something less than warm

Like I was made of fire and smoke

A name you learned so you could choke

But I knew you before the flood

Before the anger in your blood

Before the story took your name

And turned your mirror into blame

Pre-Chorus

I could see you drifting out

But you never heard me shout

Not because I wasn’t loud

But because you’d already drowned me out

HOOK

So I threw the rope anyway

Even knowing you’d look away

Even knowing what you’d say

Even knowing pride would win the day

And I don’t know why I stayed

On the shore while you decayed

But some part of me still prayed

You’d grab what I threw anyway

Verse 2

You built a wall inside your chest

Where every voice becomes a test

And if it doesn’t sound like you

Then it must be something untrue

I tried to speak in neutral tones

No flags, no fire, no sharpened bones

But even silence has a side

When you’ve already picked your tide

Pre-Chorus

And I watched you turn away

From everything I tried to say

Not because I was your truth

But because I wasn’t your truth’s proof

HOOK

So I threw the rope anyway

Even knowing you’d look away

Even knowing what you’d say

Even knowing pride would win the day

And I don’t know why I stayed

On the shore while you decayed

But some part of me still prayed

You’d grab what I threw anyway

Bridge

Maybe truth is not enough

When identity gets rough

Maybe love can still be real

Even when it can’t make you feel

So I don’t curse you like you do

I just curse the storm in you

That made the water feel like home

And left you drowning all alone

Final Chorus

I threw the rope anyway

Watched it vanish in the gray

Like a prayer that won’t obey

The hands it’s begging to save

And I’ll carry what you won’t say

In the silence of that day

When I threw the rope anyway

And you let it drift awayNot every rescue finds a hand

Not every truth becomes a stand

Sometimes love is just the act

Of knowing it won’t come back