(Verse 1)

I told you that you’re normal

Smiled soft and tried to soothe

But behind your eyes was thunder,

And I missed the storm in you.

I painted your pain in my colors

I thought we were fine, we were whole

But I missed the cracks that bled through

Two girls grasping control

(Pre-Chorus)

You needed more than comfort,

More than borrowed light,

You needed someone who could say,

"Something here’s not right."

(Chorus)

I should have seen you bleeding in the quiet,

Shattering where no one else could see.

I should have known to listen, not deny it—

But I was too lost in the brokenness in me.

We called it “normal,” thought it made us strong,

But we were just surviving,

In a life that was all wrong.

(Verse 2)

Then came the days I shattered—

Still, they told me, “You’re okay.”

I wore the smile they needed,

While inside I slipped away.

You needed truth, and I repeated

The same lie they gave to me—

That pain just means we're growing,

Ignored the rot that laid beneath

(Pre-Chorus)

I didn't know I'd failed you,

Till I felt alone,

I just thought if we powered through,

We’d both find our way home.

(Chorus)

I should have seen you, bleeding in the quiet,

Breaking in the places no one else could see.

I should have known to hear you, not deny it—

But I was too lost in the brokenness in me.

We called it “normal,” thought it made us strong,

But we were just surviving,

In a life that was all wrong.

(Bridge – spoken/sung softly)

But years have passed and now I ache

For all the words I left unsaid

For the guidance I didn’t give

For the life you could have led.

(Final Chorus – full voice)

I see you now, your heart in all its grieving,

I see the war you fought behind your smile.

And if you still need someone who’s believing—

I’m here, and I’ll walk with you a thousand miles.

We can be broken, not just raw and real,

And maybe it’s when we can say it

That our hearts could mend and truly heal.