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You built yourself a castle

But locked me out with pride

I knocked on iron silence

Still hoping you’d let me inside

You said I was your peace

But you never saw my war

You worshipped what you wanted—

Not the woman I was made for

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You kissed me like a savior

But prayed I’d never speak

Told me I was everything

Until I grew too deep

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You say I fucked you up—

But baby, you broke me first

You wore me like a halo

Then threw me in the dirt

I bled behind my silence

I begged with just my eyes

You wanted love that bowed to you

Not love that stands and fights

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I brought my fire gently

You feared you’d melt inside

So you called me dangerous

And watched yourself divide

You never asked me how it felt

To sleep next to your ghost

I fed your every hunger

But you loved the mask the most

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I stood there, bruised and steady

While you screamed your perfect pain

But tell me—who held me at night

When you shut down again?

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You say I fucked you up—

But baby, I lost me too

You carved your fears in both of us

And called it something true

I danced on shards you shattered

And still I tried to stay

But darling, broken thrones don’t hold

The queens who walk away

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I waited at the shoreline

But you were never home

You say my scent still haunts you—

But you let me drown alone

And now you write your verses

With venom on your tongue

But I was bleeding quietly

While you were feeling young

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You say I fucked you up—

But truth is hard to face

You loved me like a trophy

Afraid to lose the race

But I am not your ruin

I’m just the one who saw

That loving you would cost me

Everything I was

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You were never mine to lose…

But I was yours to break.