[Intro]
Silence grows where echoes used to glow
[Verse 1]
You used to call me angel, soft and white
I held your hand through the longest night
Dried your tears with a velvet sleeve
But you turned your back when I believed
You said my love was just a scene
Too good to be true, too quiet, too clean
You wanted fire, you wanted wild
So I buried the heart of a gentle child
[Pre-Chorus]
Now don't you miss the way I stayed?
The way I prayed for you to stay awake?
But you only saw the frame, not the art
Now I'm burning down the house you bought
[Chorus]
Now I'm the ghost you wanted, the lie you told
A pretty flower turning bitter and cold
You didn't want me when I was good
Now I'm bad, and you finally understood
You don't get the girl, you get the wreck
You don't get the kiss, you get the neck
Of a woman who learned to disappear
Now you cry for the one who was here
[Verse 2]
I wore your name like a borrowed pearl
But you tossed it down the wishing well
You said "too soft, too sweet, too ta
