Crumbs

I never thought I’d be the one Waiting by a closing door. I always said I’d walk away If love became a little more… A handful of promises, fading light, A heart that kept believing somehow. Looking back, I hardly recognize The person I was then. Pre-Chorus It wasn’t just the little things, Or every almost, every maybe. We built a life one day at a time, And that made leaving anything but easy. Chorus I never thought I’d live on crumbs, That’s not the life I dreamed. But crumbs can look like hope When they’re scattered in between. I wasn’t staying for the crumbs, I was staying for the years. For the home inside my heart, For the laughter and the tears. Verse 2 I kept believing one more sunrise Would finally change the view. I wasn’t waiting for today, I was waiting for a different you. A future I’d already written, A story I’d already known. Sometimes we fall in love With tomorrow, not what’s shown. Bridge The hardest goodbye wasn’t you, It was the life I’d come to know. The dreams we’d quietly gathered Were the hardest things to let go. Love can leave without a fight, Hope can fade without a sound. Sometimes freedom starts the moment Both feet touch the ground. Final Chorus I never thought I’d live on crumbs, But that was never all I had. There were memories in every room, Good days mixed with bad. Now I carry all the love that mattered, Without carrying the pain. The table’s finally full again… And I’m not waiting for crumbs anymore.