Was It Ever Love?
modern metalcore with djent-influenced guitars, blended with melodic emo pop vocals, heavy chugging riffs mixed with glossy trap beats and 808s, dark but catchy
Harlequin Staccato·3:55
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Was It Ever Love?
modern metalcore with djent-influenced guitars, blended with melodic emo pop vocals, heavy chugging riffs mixed with glossy trap beats and 808s, dark but catchy
Creator: Harlequin StaccatoRelease Date: November 18, 2025
Lyrics
[Verse 1]
(steady, confessional, melodic)
I thought you were home // but you were already leaving
You built me a cage // with the words you weren’t speaking
I broke myself down // just to fit where you needed
But love shouldn’t hurt // every time that you breathe it
[Pre-Chorus]
(lift in energy, set up chorus)
Was I just a body // that you wanted to borrow?
Was forever a dream // that you buried in sorrow?
[Chorus]
(big, anthemic, repeatable)
Tell me—was it ever love // or was I just a ghost to you?
Tell me—was I ever enough // or a body you outgrew?
Tell me—did you mean forever // or was it just pretend?
Tell me—was it ever love // or the start of the end?
[Verse 2]
(return to confessional, heavier)
I gave you my faith // when my walls should be hostile
You fed me a lie // and I took it like gospel
I drowned in persistence // I broke on resistance
I built us a home // then you filled it with distance
[Pre-Chorus]
(identical for hook consistency)
Was I just a body // that you wanted to borrow?
Was forever a dream // that you buried in sorrow?
[Chorus]
Tell me—was it ever love // or was I just a ghost to you?
Tell me—was I ever enough // or a body you outgrew?
Tell me—did you mean forever // or was it just pretend?
Tell me—was it ever love // or the start of the end?
[Bridge]
(softer start, then rising)
Maybe this is karma // maybe this is fate
Every heart I shattered // came back too late
If this is the price // for the pain I’ve caused
Then I’ll wear the scars // no matter the cost
[Final Chorus / Outro]
Tell me—was it ever love // or was I just a ghost to you?
Tell me—was I ever enough // or a body you outgrew?
Tell me—did you mean forever // or was it just pretend?
Tell me—was it ever love // or the start of the end?
(fade repeating softly, fragmented)
Was it ever love…
Was it ever love…
[Final Chorus / Outro]
Tell me— was it ever love // or was I just a ghost to you?
Tell me— was I ever enough // or a body you outgrew?
Tell me— did you mean forever // or was it just pretend?
Tell me— was it ever love // or the start of the end?
( fade repeating softly, fragmented)
Was it ever love…
Was it ever love…
forever // or was it just pretend?
Tell me— was it ever love // or the start of the end?
Was it ever love…
Was it ever love…
(steady, confessional, melodic)
I thought you were home // but you were already leaving
You built me a cage // with the words you weren’t speaking
I broke myself down // just to fit where you needed
But love shouldn’t hurt // every time that you breathe it
[Pre-Chorus]
(lift in energy, set up chorus)
Was I just a body // that you wanted to borrow?
Was forever a dream // that you buried in sorrow?
[Chorus]
(big, anthemic, repeatable)
Tell me—was it ever love // or was I just a ghost to you?
Tell me—was I ever enough // or a body you outgrew?
Tell me—did you mean forever // or was it just pretend?
Tell me—was it ever love // or the start of the end?
[Verse 2]
(return to confessional, heavier)
I gave you my faith // when my walls should be hostile
You fed me a lie // and I took it like gospel
I drowned in persistence // I broke on resistance
I built us a home // then you filled it with distance
[Pre-Chorus]
(identical for hook consistency)
Was I just a body // that you wanted to borrow?
Was forever a dream // that you buried in sorrow?
[Chorus]
Tell me—was it ever love // or was I just a ghost to you?
Tell me—was I ever enough // or a body you outgrew?
Tell me—did you mean forever // or was it just pretend?
Tell me—was it ever love // or the start of the end?
[Bridge]
(softer start, then rising)
Maybe this is karma // maybe this is fate
Every heart I shattered // came back too late
If this is the price // for the pain I’ve caused
Then I’ll wear the scars // no matter the cost
[Final Chorus / Outro]
Tell me—was it ever love // or was I just a ghost to you?
Tell me—was I ever enough // or a body you outgrew?
Tell me—did you mean forever // or was it just pretend?
Tell me—was it ever love // or the start of the end?
(fade repeating softly, fragmented)
Was it ever love…
Was it ever love…
[Final Chorus / Outro]
Tell me— was it ever love // or was I just a ghost to you?
Tell me— was I ever enough // or a body you outgrew?
Tell me— did you mean forever // or was it just pretend?
Tell me— was it ever love // or the start of the end?
( fade repeating softly, fragmented)
Was it ever love…
Was it ever love…
forever // or was it just pretend?
Tell me— was it ever love // or the start of the end?
Was it ever love…
Was it ever love…