I thought I knew what I was doing

I didn’t

You looked like someone safe to trust

Like something real, not built on dust

I didn’t stop, I didn’t wait

I walked right in and called it fate

You said the words I needed first

Nothing felt off, nothing rehearsed

I let my guard fall into place

I let you get that close to me

I didn’t think, I didn’t slow

I let it all just start to grow

It changed without a warning sign

No single point, no clear divide

Just something shifting in your tone

Like I was there, but still alone

I started doubting what I said

Replaying everything instead

Trying to fix what I could feel

But nothing there was ever real

I got burned

Didn’t see it coming

I got burned

Thought it meant something

I stayed too long, I held it tight

Tried turning wrong into something right

Kept thinking it would turn around

But every step just pulled me down

It never came back to the start

Just drifted off and fell apart

And I kept holding what remained

While losing more of it each day

I got burned

And I let it happen

I got burned

Now I see the pattern

It wasn’t what I thought it was

I just didn’t want to see it

I don’t reach out the way I did

I don’t move fast, I don’t give in

I take my time, I let things show

I don’t believe what I don’t know

I’ve seen the way it plays out wrong

I’ve held onto it far too long

When something feels too good to start

It leaves you with a burned-out heart

I got burned

And I know it now

I got burned

I won’t go back

I should’ve seen it

I didn’t