Baby you thought I was playing but little did you know I was real

Baby you thought I was faking but did you know I was real

You had me running from my demons like I was the monster

Little did I know it wasn't me, it was always you

I hope you're proud of what you've achieved even though it wasn't you and me

Never let that go, never let that go

Told me I couldn't sing

Told me I couldn't love

Told me I couldn't date

Never enough

So I wrote you a song for you to see what you lost

So now I'm crying sweat and tears

You don't see I'm drowning

You think that I can take you pulling me back in

You don't think my feelings matter

They don't matter to you

I have a heart, unlike you

Told me I couldn't sing

Told me I couldn't love

Told me I couldn't date

Never enough

So I wrote you a song for you to sign along

I gave you chances you never deserved

Read between the lines

But I never learned to take my own advice

I kept my pain quiet, put you first

While I was falling apart, behind my smile

You call it love but I call it control

All your empty promises

(My) every story left untold

I was trying to heal while you played your role

Now I'm choosing myself, taking back my soul

(Set) myself on fire

Just to see your eyes light up

Burned myself out, trying to make you stay

Standing in the ashes I'm, walking away

You know I set myself on fire

Trying to make you understand

You know I can't make this work

This

Just let me sing my song

I won't make you understand

I won't make you understand

Sing my song

I won't make you understand

Sing my song

I won't make you understand

I won't make you understand

Sing my song

I won't make you understand

Sing my song

I won't make you understand

I won't make you understand

Sing my song

I won't make you understand

Sing my song

I won't make you understand

I won't make you understand

Sing my song

I won't make you understand

I love being trapped, trapped

In your arms

(But) I need to heal

Need to find a way out

I need to, to find a way out

To run away, yeah

I need to heal

Can you stop tearing me apart— my identity

I need, I need to run

Away

I need to run away

I need you to, I need you to run away

I need to run, find a way out

Out

Yeah

Baby I need, I need to run

Away

I need to run away

I need you to, I need to run away

I need to run, find a way out

Yeah