Bigger Person

When you'd yell, I would stay silent

You never noticed I was quiet

I was taught that speaking up was talking back

Always first to say, "I'm sorry"

'Cause I wanted you to like me

And I thought that's what it took to make it last

It's a lose-lose

That I don't choose

But you don't always choose the ones you love

I shouldn't have to be the bigger person

How come I have to break to keep us workin'?

It's always up to me

Even though it shouldn't be

I'll take the blame the way you want me to

'Cause that's what I do for you

I was half of this dynamic

I was stable, you were manic

Without you or with you, comes with a cost

I got used to the excuses

And emotional abuses

We kept moving the lines we'd never cross

It's a lose-lose

That I don't choose

But you don't always choose the ones you love

I shouldn't have to be the bigger person

How come I have to break to keep us workin'?

It's always up to me

Even though it shouldn't be

I'll take the blame the way you want me to

'Cause that's what I do for you

I always think it's over

But it never really is

'Cause I can't get the closure

When you're like this

Can we switch?

Maybe this time, you'll be the bigger person

'Cause I'm gettin' tired of bearin' all your burden

It should be up to you

But you won't admit the truth

Oh

I shouldn't have to be the bigger person

How come I have to break to keep us workin'?

It's always up to me

Even though it shouldn't be

I'll take the blame the way you want me to

'Cause that's what I do for you