The Grudge

Intro

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Verse 1

You left your phone beside me

While you went downstairs for ice

I wasn't looking for a reason

I was looking for a light

But there was a name I knew

And a message from that night

Three little words I shouldn't have read

And suddenly I was right

Pre-Chorus

You came back and saw my face

You didn't even have to ask

I wanted you to tell the truth

You made me pull it from you

Chorus

I keep giving you new endings

In the middle of the night

One where I never read it

One where you tell me right

One where I slam the door

One where you make me stay

But every road I take back

Still ends with that same day

And I hate that I still love you

For making me this way

Post-Chorus

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Verse 2

I told my friends you panicked

I told them you were scared

I took you back in pieces

Like I could fix what wasn't there

You kissed me in the doorway

And I cried when you held me tight

'Cause somewhere underneath it

I was waiting for the old you

The one who knew me better

The one I thought I'd never lose

And that's what makes me furious

You were still you when you chose

Pre-Chorus

Sometimes I blame the message

Sometimes I blame myself

For seeing all the distance

And saying nothing then

Chorus

I keep giving you new endings

But none of them feel right

I made excuses for your silence

Till I couldn't trust my mind

I spent months asking myself

What I could've done instead

And if I stop being angry

Does that mean you weren't wrong?

You got to make your mistake

And wake up the next day

I got to carry what you did

Like somehow it became mine

Post-Chorus

Oh-oh

Oh-oh-oh

Bridge

Do you ever pass that corner

And remember what you said?

Do you remember I was shaking

Still asking you to stay?

I wish I could hate you cleanly

I wish I could erase your face

But you were good to me sometimes

And that's what I can't replace

Final Chorus

I don't give you new endings

They always end the same

You still don't call

I still remember

I still know your name

I don't need you to explain

I don't need another sorry

I just wish you never taught me

To question everything

'Cause I would've forgiven you

That's what hurts the most

I would've stayed beside you

If you'd told me what you broke

I held that grudge so long

I forgot what I was holding for

And I don't hate you like I used to

I don't even want you anymore

I just hate that part of me

Still wishes you had loved me

The way I loved you back

Outro

I don't hate you every morning

I don't miss you every night

But every now and then

Something takes me back

That phone

That name

That look on your face

And for a minute

I'm still waiting for the truth