THE CAGE I CALLED LOVE - Black

[Intro] You were the only light I ever believed was real And somehow... I became the reason You stopped smiling [Verse 1] I promised I would never leave So you stayed when you wanted to run I promised I would keep you safe But I became the place you couldn't escape from I called it love when I held you close Called it forever when you needed space Every promise became another lock Every "stay with me" took your freedom away I loved the way you smiled at me Like the whole world wasn't so cold But every time I pulled you closer I watched that smile slowly disappear You never asked for this You never asked to be mine I thought keeping you beside me Meant I could keep you alive But love isn't a prison And promises aren't chains If you have to lose yourself Just so I can keep you... Then I'm the one to blame I BUILT A CAGE, CAGE, CAGE And called it love, love, love You gave me your heart I gave you nowhere to run *I SAID "STAY", STAY, STAY* While I watched you break, break, break You were my beautiful world And I became your biggest mistake LET YOU GO, GO, GO Even if you never come back If loving you means losing you Then I'll open every lock I made I BUILT A CAGE And you were never meant to stay [Verse 2] You were the only one who made me Look at this world and call it beautiful When everything inside me was broken You made the impossible feel possible But I became afraid of losing you So afraid that I forgot what love was I wanted your hand inside mine forever So I closed my fist until you couldn't breathe I remember every tear you hid Every "I'm okay" you didn't mean Every night you turned away from me Because you were scared of what love had become And I know the truth now Even if it destroys me You don't owe me your freedom Just because you once loved me I BUILT A CAGE, CAGE, CAGE And called it love, love, love You gave me your heart I gave you nowhere to run I SAID "STAY", STAY, STAY While I watched you break, break, break You were my beautiful world And I became your biggest mistake LET YOU GO, GO, GO Even if you never come back If loving you means losing you Then I'll open every lock I made I BUILT A CAGE And you were never meant to stay Yeah— I called it protection, but it looked like control Called it devotion while I swallowed your soul Every promise I made had a key underneath And every "I need you" put another chain on your feet I said, "I'm doing this because I love you" What a beautiful lie I was terrified of losing you So I slowly took away your sky You wanted sunlight I gave you four walls You wanted freedom I answered your calls You wanted a life I wanted forever And I forced those two words To mean the same thing together Now tell me, what kind of love Makes the person you love afraid? What kind of promise Leaves someone begging to escape? I wasn't your savior I wasn't your home I was just another reason You learned how to feel alone And dam I hate myself for every time I made your beautiful eyes fill with tears You were the only proof I had That something beautiful could exist in here But if I really love you I've got one thing left to do OPEN. THE. DOOR. So take your hand from mine Take every dream I tried to keep Take the life I stole from you Take back every piece of you from me I don't need you to forgive me I don't need you to come back I just need you to be happy Even if I'm not a part of that I BUILT A CAGE, CAGE, CAGE And called it love, love, love You gave me your heart I gave you nowhere to run I SAID "STAY", STAY, STAY While I watched you break, break, break You were my beautiful world And I became your biggest mistake LET YOU GO, GO, GO Even if you never come back If loving you means losing you Then I'll open every lock I made OPEN THE DOOR, DOOR, DOOR You don't belong to me You were never mine to keep You were only mine to love You were the reason I believed the world was beautiful So go... And find a world Where you can smile again. I'll stay behind With the cage I built... And finally leave the door open.