You left before you left
By John Fortine
[Verse 1]
Your phone lit up beside the kitchen sink
You said it was nothing, wouldn't let me think
But I saw the names you forgot to hide
Three missed calls from the man on the side
There were texts in the thread from a Tuesday night
Little inside jokes that you swore weren't right
And a note in your room with his name on the fold
While you held my hand like I wouldn't know
[Pre-Chorus]
I kept asking, Is there something I should hear?
You kept saying, Baby, why you acting weird?
I had every answer, still I stayed near
Hoping the truth would make you change gears
[Chorus]
I knew you were lying, I stayed anyway
Asked you the same thing every single day
Showed you the proof, you looked me in the face
Said I was the reason you gave your love away
Calls, texts, messages, notes in your name
A whole other man living inside your game
I kept hoping you'd come back honest to me
You ended it and blamed what you did on me
[Verse 2]
I found your Facebook under a fake name
Messages filled up like a windowpane
You though they were hid, but the screen still showed
Enough of the words for my heart to know
I asked for the truth, not a perfect excuse
You cried in the doorway, said I gave you no room
But I made room for every promise you broke
You made me the villain so you wouldn't choke
[Pre-Chorus]
I kept asking, Is there something I should hear?
You kept saying, Baby, why you acting weird?
I had every answer, still I stayed near
Hoping the truth would make you change gears
[Chorus]
I knew you were lying, I stayed anyway
Asked you the same thing every single day
Showed you the proof, you looked me in the face
Said I was the reason you gave your love away
Calls, texts, messages, notes in your name
A whole other man living inside your game
I kept hoping you'd come back honest to me
You ended it and blamed what you did on me
[Bridge]
I wasn't hard to love, you were hard to believe
I wasn't holding you back, you were splitting the seams
Every question I asked was a door left unlocked
You could've told me the truth, but you chose what you got
Now you call it my fault that you wanted him close
Like the lies in your mouth were the ones I wrote
I stayed for the woman you promised you'd be
But she never showed up, and that finally set me free
[Final Chorus]
I knew you were lying, I stayed anyway
Asked you the same thing, hoping you'd change
Had all of the proof, still I called you my home
While you gave another man what you owed me alone
Calls, texts, messages, notes in your name
You ended our love, then you handed me blame
I kept hoping you'd come back honest to me
But the truth is, you left long before you left me
