Intro I thought love was walking away But maybe it was guiding me ⸻ Verse 1 I loved you quietly from the side Smiles I never stood inside You talked about someone new I nodded like my heart wasn’t bruised Every night I asked the stars Why love feels closer when it’s far I held on longer than I should Hoping somehow you understood ⸻ Pre-Chorus I learned the hard way, tears and all Some loves aren’t meant to fall ⸻ Chorus I thought it broke me when you didn’t stay When my name was never the one you’d say But every tear, every goodbye Was pointing me to another life What felt like loss, what felt untrue Was just love leading me to you Now I see it clearly through That unreturned love… It led me to you ⸻ Verse 2 I stopped replaying what could’ve been Stopped blaming time, stopped blaming me I learned to smile on my own again Found my light in smaller things Then one day you walked into my frame Different voice, but felt the same Except this time you looked my way Like I wasn’t just passing space ⸻ Pre-Chorus 2 I didn’t have to prove a thing You loved me as I am ⸻ Chorus I thought love was a losing game Every promise felt like a flame But every scar, every bruise Was shaping my heart for you What felt like wrong at seventeen Was just the path I couldn’t see Now I thank what I went through ’Cause that unreturned love… It led me to you ⸻ Bridge If I could talk to my younger self Crying quietly on that shelf I’d say, “Hold on, don’t lose your way Your happy ending’s on delay” ⸻ Final Chorus(Happy & Warm) I don’t wish you loved me back then ’Cause I love where I am now instead Every lonely night I survived Was building this beautiful life So here’s to hearts that broke in two They make room for something new I finally understand the truth That unreturned love… It led me to you ⸻ Outro Sometimes love says “not this time” Just to give you something better
