I swore we'd never make it past the start With your fingerprints burned on my heart I played the fool, you played the saint Every word you threw was wet with paint It colored me in, but it bled me out Oh, I've been laughing through the breakdown Oh, turned my pain into a punchline But every road I ran was a circle And I kept on running blind I'm only writing just to tell you That I let go too Even if it looks like I still bleed Like the weight of you is crushing me But I had to face the hardest truth That the challenge was not loving you The clock moved fast, the nights moved slow But somewhere in the wreck I found my soul I stitched myself with quiet hands Like monks who never make demands And I swear, there's no war left inside me now Oh, I've been laughing through the breakdown Oh, turned my pain into a punchline But every road I ran was a circle And I kept on running blind I'm only writing just to tell you That I let go too Even if it looks like I still bleed Like the weight of you is crushing me But I had to face the hardest truth That the challenge was not loving you (Yeah) you were my unfinished story (Yeah) too late for sorry You shattered me in a thousand ways But nothing you said could be saved And I had to learn to breathe again without you I'm only writing just to tell you That I let go too Even if the ghosts still chase me down I'm not living in your shadow now I had to face the hardest truth That the challenge was not loving you The challenge was not loving you The challenge was not loving you