For Us [Mike]

Intro

Woah,

Uh, Huh.

I don't think you ever really knew

How much I gave up just to keep us

Yeah,

Verse 1

I stopped going places that you didn't like

Stopped picking up when certain people hit my line

I was making compromises you would never find

'Cause I figured if I loved you, I should leave some things behind

Put my pride aside, I was choosing you

Had a couple dreams I put on pause for you

Funny how the things I sacrificed for two

Somehow became the things you said I never do

I was changing pieces, you were changing your mind

I was giving you my future, you were giving me time

I was learning how to love you, you were learning how to lie

And I still would've stayed if you just looked me in my eyes

Pre-Chorus

I don't wanna count the things I did

But if we're being honest, I did more than I should've

You don't gotta pay me back for it

I just wish you would've understood it

Chorus

It was for us, for us

Every time I chose you when it wasn't convenient

For us, for us

Every door I closed, every person I stopped seeing

I was building something I thought we'd never lose

I was making every sacrifice with you in view

Now you're telling me I didn't do enough

Baby, tell me, what was it all for?

If it wasn't for us

Post-Chorus

For us, yeah

I did it all for us

For us, yeah

I thought that was enough

For us, yeah

Maybe I loved too much

'Cause everything I gave up

I gave up for us

Verse 2

Remember when you said that I was all you needed?

I believed you, that's the part that's got me heated

I was turning down opportunities to keep us even

You were calling that commitment, now you're calling that controlling

I know I wasn't perfect, I got flaws

But I never made you question where my heart was

I was taking all the blame just to avoid another argument

You were keeping score, I was trying to keep us positive

I missed nights out, I missed flights

I missed moments with my brothers just to make things right

Had you in my plans before I had myself in sight

Now I'm looking at my life like, damn, was that the price?

Pre-Chorus

I don't wanna count the things I did

But if we're being honest, I did more than I should've

You don't gotta pay me back for it

I just wish you would've understood it

Chorus

It was for us, for us

Every time I chose you when it wasn't convenient

For us, for us

Every door I closed, every person I stopped seeing

I was building something I thought we'd never lose

I was making every sacrifice with you in view

Now you're telling me I didn't do enough

Baby, tell me, what was it all for?

If it wasn't for us

Bridge

Maybe I shouldn't have given up so much

Maybe love ain't supposed to feel like losing touch

With the person that you were before the two became one

I was scared to lose you, so I lost me just to hold on

And I don't regret loving you

I just regret the way I had to prove it

If I had to do it all again

I'd still choose you...

I just wouldn't lose myself to do it

Final Chorus

It was for us, for us

Every sacrifice was supposed to bring us closer

For us, for us

I was carrying the weight like I was strong enough to hold it

I gave you pieces I can never get back

Gave you my trust and you still gave me that

Look in your eyes like none of it was love

Baby, tell me, what was it all for?

If it wasn't for us

Outro

For us

Yeah, I did it all for us

And that's the part that hurts the most

'Cause I would've done it all again

You just had to meet me halfway

You know?