You left your jacket by the door,
A scent I've smelled a hundred times before.
But now it lingers, sharp and slow,
Like perfume meant for someone I don't know.
I stayed too quiet for too long,
While nights grew cold and something felt all wrong.
You touched me like a stranger would-
I held on longer than I should.
I could ask a thousand whys...
But answers always dress in lies.
We smiled, we danced, we played, we burned...
And never faced the page we turned.
You lied first, don't act surprised,
You broke the vow beneath your eyes.
I only shattered what you cracked,
I only filled the space you lacked.
We're both to blame, we're both to curse-
But don't pretend that I was worse.
You said forever, then you strayed...
So I just followed where you laid.
You said my silence locked the door,
But yours had opened long before.
You kissed me like it meant goodbye-
So don't ask why I learned to lie.
I waited while you turned away,
And watched our promise drift to grey.
You wore a mask I couldn't read-
I broke, but you had planted the seed.
We both were bleeding under skin-
But blamed the storm that came within.
If love was real, we let it fade-
Afraid of truths we never said.
You lied first, I lied too-
A perfect mirror split in two.
We danced around the things we knew,
Till all that's left was never true.
So scream your truth, I'll sing mine back-
But love won't mend a double crack.
Don't write me off, don't play it clean-
We both betrayed what might have been.
I still remember how you laughed...
I still recall the nights we crashed...
We built a house from aching dreams...
And burned it down in silent screams.
And if we're done, then let it show-
But don't rewrite what we both know.
You lied first, I lied back,
A twisted line, a love gone black.
We loved in smoke, we lost in flame,
And carved regret into our name.
We said "forever," we rehearsed-
But broke it when it mattered most.
I hurt you, yes-but hear me last:
You lied first.
You lied first...
And I just followed.
