(Verse 1)

Go ahead and put the blame on me

Pile every broken piece right here on me

Say I walked into your life just to leave you alone

Say I built you a fortress just to tear down the stone

Say I left you to drown in the dark of your grief

And I offered you nothing but a cruel, fake relief.

Yeah, let me be the villain in the stories you weave

If it makes it much easier for you to just leave.

(Chorus)

So put the blame on me

Yeah, yeah, put the blame on me

Point your finger at my chest for the whole world to see

I’ll wear all your sins, I will carry your shame

If it buys you your peace, I will swallow the blame.

(Verse 2)

Go ahead and put the blame on me

Say my love was a drop when you needed the sea

Call my soul hollow, say my spirit was cheap

Say I never gave a damn for the secrets you keep.

Tell them I was the monster who caused you to cry

Who stood like a statue and watched your tears dry.

Say I refused to worship the ground where you trod

And I never bowed down to my beautiful god.

(Chorus)

So put the blame on me

Yeah, yeah, put the blame on me

Point your finger at my chest for the whole world to see

I’ll wear all your sins, I will carry your shame

If it buys you your peace, I will swallow the blame.

(Verse 3)

Go ahead and put the blame on me!

Say I suffocated you, wouldn't let you be free

Say my endless devotion was a heavy, dark chain

That my late-night texts drove you half-insane

Say I robbed you of time with my desperate pleas

And my overflowing heart brought you right to your knees.

Say my touch was like ice, that my arms were a cage,

That my kisses did nothing to quiet your rage!

(Bridge)

Because this is the cross that the true lovers bear...

To be painted as poison for how much they care.

To be punished for burning so bright and so loud,

To be pushed in the dirt, to be cast from the crowd.

You made my deep passion a crime and a sin,

But I'd take all the bullets to protect your own skin.

So I’ll take it.

I’ll take every lie to my name.

Yes, a true lover bleeds while they shoulder the blame.

(Outro)

But the fire is still raging deep in my chest,

It’s burning me alive, and it gives me no rest.

Despite every shadow, despite every line...

I look in the ashes and call you divine.

Go ahead... put the blame on me.

Because God help me, I still feel you are mine.

Yes, I still feel you are mine.