A Thousand Ways to Hate

Verse 1

I found the piece you left behind,

Still fits the hole, still cuts inside.

Now there's a part I have to kill,

A vacant room you haunt me still.

The walks we took, the meals we planned,

The ghost of yours still holds my hand.

Funny how a dream can die

And leave the dead one asking why.

Pre-Chorus

So tell me, where am I supposed to go

With all the things we'll never know?

You left the door, you killed the light,

And left me here to rot inside.

Chorus — Heavy Drop

I NEVER SAW YOU IN THAT DRESS!

Never got the damn "I do"!

Never booked a honeymoon,

Never got a life with you!

No white roses, no last dance,

No fucking shot, no second chance!

Just a future buried out of view—

And a thousand ways to hate I lost you!

Verse 2

We had a table we would share,

A thousand nights that waited there.

A house we'd fill with useless things,

A thousand fights, a thousand springs.

Now every plan's a loaded gun,

Each memory another one.

You get to leave, I get what's left—

A hollow chest and wasted breath.

Pre-Chorus

And I resent the life I drew,

Every little thing that led to you.

I hate that I still give a damn,

That I still see us where I stand.

Chorus — Harder, Distorted

I NEVER SAW YOU IN THAT DRESS!

Never got the damn "I do"!

Never booked a honeymoon,

Never got a life with you!

No white roses, no last dance,

No fucking shot, no second chance!

Just a future buried out of view—

And a thousand ways to hate I lost you!

Bridge — Silence, then a low vocal

You know what really fucking hurts?

There's nothing here to bury.

No wedding photos torn in half,

No rings to throw away.

No years of love to curse at,

No anniversary to hate.

Just a life that never happened...

And me,

Still paying for its grave.

Final Chorus — Explosive

TO HELL WITH THE DRESS!

TO HELL WITH "I DO"!

TO HELL WITH THE LIFE

I WAS BUILDING WITH YOU!

Let the flowers turn black,

Let the church bells rust,

Let the home we imagined

Collapse into dust!

You left me the silence,

You left me the truth—

I can't even bury

What I never had with you!

Outro — Bare piano, voice almost breaking

I finally found the missing piece...

Funny.

It was the hole you left in me.

And I hate that some part of me

Still wishes you'd come home.