[Verse 1]

I’ve been tracing the patterns of the cracks across the floor

Counting every heartbeat that isn’t steady anymore

I remember how you looked at me when the light was soft and gold

And the promises we whispered that we swore would never fold

But the air has turned to winter in the middle of the room

And I’m watching how the shadows start to dictate every bloom

I could point a finger at you, I could scream into the dark

I could claim you were the one who went and fanned the dying spark

But the silence here is heavier than any word you said

And I’m tangled in the memories of the life that we once led.

[Pre-Chorus]

The warning signs were written in a language I chose not to read

I followed every footprint, even where they didn’t lead

Now the salt is in the water and the tide is pulling back

And I’m standing on the shoreline watching everything turn black.

[Chorus]

I don't blame you for the way you let the fire turn to grey

Or for the coldness in your goodbye as you turned to walk away

I don't blame you for the silence or the distance or the sting

For the winter that you ushered in and the end of everything

No, I don't blame you for hurting me—I’ve moved past that regret

I blame myself for thinking you wouldn’t, and that’s the hardest debt.

[Verse 2]

I built a house of glass and then I handed you the stone

I convinced myself that I was safe, that I’d never be alone

I ignored the way your voice would change when I spoke about the years

I filtered out the warnings and I bottled up the fears

You were only being human, being fragile, being true

To the parts of you that couldn't hold the weight I gave to you

But I put you on a pedestal and I painted you in light

Then I acted so surprised when you vanished in the night

It’s a bitter kind of medicine to realize at the end

That I broke my own heart waiting for a heart that couldn't bend.

[Pre-Chorus]

The warning signs were written in a language I chose not to read

I followed every footprint, even where they didn’t lead

Now the salt is in the water and the tide is pulling back

And I’m standing on the shoreline watching everything turn black.

[Chorus]

I don't blame you for the way you let the fire turn to grey

Or for the coldness in your goodbye as you turned to walk away

I don't blame you for the silence or the distance or the sting

For the winter that you ushered in and the end of everything

No, I don't blame you for hurting me—I’ve moved past that regret

I blame myself for thinking you wouldn’t, and that’s the hardest debt.

[Bridge]

It’s the ghost of my own hope that haunts me most of all

The way I leaned so heavily against a crumbling wall

I knew the risks of loving, I knew the price of trust

But I convinced myself that we were more than just the dust

It’s not the wound that’s burning, it’s the way I let it in

Knowing exactly where the ending was before we could begin.

[Chorus]

I don't blame you for the way you let the fire turn to grey

Or for the coldness in your goodbye as you turned to walk away

I don't blame you for the silence or the distance or the sting

For the winter that you ushered in and the end of everything

No, I don't blame you for hurting me—I’ve moved past that regret

I blame myself for thinking you wouldn’t... yeah, that’s the hardest debt.

[Outro]

[Emotional, fading piano notes]

I blame myself.

I thought you were the exception.

But the mirror doesn't lie.

I don't blame you.

I just... I should have known.

[End on a single, low piano chord]