🖤 Where Were You..? (Reimagined)

Intro: I didn’t need you when things were easy I needed you when everything broke Verse 1: You always loved the version of me That didn’t ask for much The one who smiled through it And never called your bluff I carried things I couldn’t say So you wouldn’t feel uncomfortable I learned how to bleed quietly Just to keep things functional Pre-Chorus: Now you’re asking why I changed Like you weren’t standing there Chorus: Where were you when I was falling apart? When I was holding myself together in the dark You say you cared the whole damn time But care doesn’t disappear when it gets hard Where were you when I needed proof? Not words you practiced, not excuses you used You don’t get to miss me now You already chose what not to do Verse 2: You show up late with apologies Like timing doesn’t matter Like I didn’t beg for honesty While you avoided the answers I stopped asking you to stay Stopped waiting for you to choose I learned how to survive alone Because I had no help from you Pre-Chorus: You call it distance, call it fate I call it absence Chorus: Where were you when I was losing sleep? When every night felt heavier than me You swear you tried your best back then But your best was nowhere to be seen Where were you when I needed truth? Instead of silence dressed up as “space” You don’t get to love me now When you couldn’t show up that day Bridge: I’m not angry like I used to be I’m just clear And clarity hurts worse than rage I don’t hate you I just finally stopped protecting the memory Of someone who never protected me Final Chorus: Where were you when I was breaking down? When I was scared to make a sound You don’t get to say my name Like you were ever around Where were you when it counted most? When staying would’ve cost you something Don’t look at me like I’m cruel For finally saying something Outro: I don’t need answers anymore I already lived through the truth