I Carried Us - Peta Solen (Official Music)

I Carried Us — a cinematic pop / emotional pop original by Peta Solen. For the love you couldn't save, the goodbye that came too fast, and the night you keep replaying in your mind. If this song found you at 3am, you're not alone. Save it to your sad songs playlist, your heartbreak playlist, your late night sad songs mix. 🎧 Songs for the feelings you can't say. ------------------------- Lyric: [INTRO] I kept thinking Love was supposed to feel heavy [VERSE 1] I learned every change in your breathing Knew when something wasn't right Stayed awake when you went quiet Made excuses every night I remembered all your bad days Made your problems feel like mine While you watched me lose my balance And still said that we were fine [PRE-CHORUS] I kept calling it devotion Every time I gave too much But love shouldn't leave one person Holding everything for us [CHORUS] I carried us Till I couldn't feel my hands Held together every piece You never tried to understand I carried us While you let me take the fall You were standing right beside me But I still felt alone through it all I thought loving you meant Never giving up Now I know I carried us [VERSE 2] You could always find me waiting Any hour, any place But when I needed something simple You would look the other way I kept shrinking every question So you wouldn't feel accused Turned my needs into a whisper Till I forgot I had them too [PRE-CHORUS] I don't hate you for not knowing What you never tried to learn I just wish I'd understood sooner Love should move in both directions [CHORUS] I carried us Till I couldn't feel my hands Held together every piece You never tried to understand I carried us While you let me take the fall You were standing right beside me But I still felt alone through it all I thought loving you meant Never giving up Now I know I carried us [BRIDGE] I gave you room I gave you time Made your reasons Sound like mine I kept saying “Maybe someday” While another part of me Faded away And the hardest thing to admit Is you never asked me to stay that small I did it Trying to save us Until there was almost Nothing left of me at all [FINAL CHORUS] I carried us But I'm putting down the weight I don't have to break myself To prove somebody should stay I carried us Now I'm walking on my own And the emptiness beside me Feels lighter than feeling alone I thought leaving meant I'd lose everything I loved But all I lost Was what I carried for us [OUTRO] I carried us Long enough Now I'm carrying Me ------ 💿 Original song by Peta Solen. 🎧 Stream & share wherever you listen. 📲 New emotional songs, cinematic pop, and original music frequently. Subscribe Peta Solen for more songs for the feelings you can't say. #ICarriedUs #SadLoveSong #HeartbreakSong #EmotionalPop #FemaleVocal