The Weight I Carried

Instrumental Intro

Verse 1

You'd go out of your way to show you cared

And I'd go looking for the thing you never did

Every sorry left a little stain inside my head

Every fresh start came with the last one in the way

Chorus

I kept turning your mistakes

Into reasons to doubt your love

Every try meant something less

Every word I read in colors

Of a hurt I never let be done

Verse 2

You'd leave a note on the dash of my car

Say it's the sweetest thing you've ever done

But all I heard was the quiet in your pause

And all I saw was the rain before the sun

Pre-Chorus

And I told myself I wasn't trying to push you out

But every new moment smelled like the familiar doubt

Chorus

I kept turning your mistakes

Into reasons to doubt your love

Every try meant something less

Every word I read in colors

Of a hurt I never let be done

Bridge

Now I replay the nights you stayed up late

Just to learn the songs I loved

And I wonder if I ever let you in

Or just kept stacking what you got wrong

It was never that your heart went cold

It was mine that learned to brace

And I could've come to you unarmed

Instead I came with all that weight

Chorus

I kept turning your mistakes

Into reasons to doubt your love

Every try meant something less

Every word I read in colors

Of a hurt I never let be done

Final Chorus

I kept turning your mistakes

Into reasons to doubt your love

And now the love is gone

And I'm the one who held it wrong

I kept turning your mistakes

Into reasons to doubt your love