It took the longest time to feel okay
You told me, “Your emotions are too much”
Piercing my ears, shattering my ground
I tried to tell you it wouldn’t be like that forever

You said, “Your emotions are too much”
My heart folds inside my ribcage, my lungs are burning
I didn’t want it to be like that forever
You said you had to go anyway

My heart folds inside my ribcage, my lungs filling
I kept my mouth shut, made it a little less hard for you
You said you had to go anyway
I held onto anything that proved you were once here

I kept my mouth shut, became a little less “volatile”
Stopped sharing my world because it was too sad for you
I held onto anything that proved you were here
I didn’t know if I could love myself without you

I stopped caring about my world because it was too sad for you
Piercing my ears, shattering my ground
I didn’t know if I could love myself without you
It took the longest time to feel okay