I put my trust in you and you made me believe I could run to you when I needed it.

But you left me out like the cold on a winter's night, while you stayed inside, nice and warm, without even a single thought about me. I walked in your shadow for as long as I could, but eventually I grew tired of everyone choosing you over me. So I walked away, knowing that if I countinued being yout friend I would someday lose myself. When I finally left you, it wasn't easy. The feeling of regret would not go away, because you were so angry that I was gone. You put up a fight and had others treat me with so much disrespect. Soon after I knew that I had made the right decision. I expressed to you how I had felt but you turn a cold shoulder and refused to care. So in the end I was the one who tried... but you were the one that failed.

the words you said to me

have driven me on.

yet every accomplishment is met

with your gaze,

and that phrase i've grown to hate.

"i tried, but you were the one who failed."

what are you trying to do?

what do i have to do to succeed?

what do i have to do to gain your respect,

since you've always had mine?

you say you tried,

yet i'm the one always trying.

you say i failed,

yet you're the one always failing me.

what should i do?

should i run away from you

and seize my success?

is that wrong?

should i keep on trying to save you,

listening to those words.

"i tried, but you were the one who failed."

what have you tried?

you always try insults,

slander carried around in the pocket of your jeans

but you've never tried kindness

yet i have tried everything

to get you to stay.

to get you to see me as

an equal.

don't tell me you tried,

don't tell me i failed,

and the next time i hear that phrase,

i'll look you in the eyes

and say

"i tried, but you were the one who failed."

There's no more room for your excuses.

There's no space for your denial.

Nothing left to hold your broken promises.

You meant to fail me.

You can't fix damage that's been done.

You can't spend time on wasted attempts.

You can't speak truth when it already lied.

You meant to fail me.

I gave you my word to try to communicate.

I gave you my effort to try to commit.

I gave you my strength to try to hold on.

You meant to fail me.

You chose to not to do the work.

You chose deceit and fakeness.

You choose you--I chose us.

You meant to fail me.

i wanted us to be forever

i just wanted you

only you decided that

i wasnt enough of a desire

and after you left

i stayed up until two am

every night for the next

seven months, thinking

about how devastating it is

that you can want someone

with your whole heart

but no matter how much

desire is there, it simply

is not enough to

ever make them stay

if they dont want you

as much as you do them.

You would have

if you could have

because you should have.

You didn’t

not because you decided you won’t

but because you can’t.

It wasn’t me

It was you

Me or you?

I tried to keep you but I failed

And you tried to use me but you failed.

I loved you with all my heart and soul

But your heart was as black as coal

The millions of tears I’ve shed for you I really wish I hadn’t

Crying day and night for us in the dark and silence

Now I’m moving on

Looking forward to better days

And you’re lost in a world of smoke and haze

Just remember that I tried to build us up

But you were the one who failed

Failed to realize that I was the one

Who was your match in every way.

I tried but you were the ones who failed. I told everyone that it would happen. You failed to acknowledge the danger that crept in on every sense. Even the heavens knew. Rain poured and lightning crashed that fated night. You could see it in the soldiers’ eyes as they secured our village. For when the Archon came, the end always followed. Yes, I ran that dreaded day. I was still alive, and you were all dead by your own complacency.

I was waiting for you

Calling and talking

while walking alone

But you were gone

You left, months away

To sway yourself

To change some things

To get your feelings in order.

I waited and waited

but your arrival was belated

by chance and change.

I waited still, I called

Through autumn rains and winter snows

Was it real, or was it all for show?

Will I ever know?

There goes your fool

A tool, still standing,

Stranded in waiting.

Our love was kept in secret

But now that you're gone, I see

There is no one else to keep it

with me

How many inside jokes

Will go untold

Cause there's no one left

To tell them to anymore?

How many movies go unseen

Cause we said we'd see them together?

Why could we not weather the storm?

I tried to be the perfect lover

I tried to be the perfect friend

You searched the room for any other

Severed ties I tried to mend

Let's not pretend there's still a love here

Or anything worth saving

Our walls tumble, they crumble, I fear

Like this face I am braving

That storm we could not weather

Came for us both in the end

You are not my lover

You are not my friend