exile
Loveless Lyrics

I can see you standin', honey
I can see you standing with him

With his arms around your body
He’s holding on to you tightly

Laughin' but the joke's not funny at all
You’re not happy at all, even though you’re pretending to laugh

And it took you five whole minutes
It took 5 minutes for you to leave me

To pack us up and leave me with it
To pack our belongings and leave me alone

Holdin' all this love out here in the hall
I’m left alone with all this love and pain outside in the hallway

I think I've seen this film before
This isn’t the first time this has happened

And I didn't like the ending
I didn’t like how it ended last time

You're not my homeland anymore
I used to feel at home with you, but not anymore

So what am I defendin' now?
What am I fighting for now?

You were my town
You were my whole world

Now I'm in exile seein' you out
Now I’m in exile, watching you leave

I can see you starin', honey
I can see you staring right through me

Like he's just your understudy
He’s just a replacement for me, like an understudy actor

Like you'd get your knuckles bloody for me
Like you’d fight for me, even if it meant getting hurt

Second, third, and hundredth chances
I gave you multiple chances to make things right

Balancin' on breaking branches
We were always on unstable ground

Those eyes add insult to injury
Your eyes hurt me just as much as your actions

So who am I offending now?
Who am I hurting now?

You were my crown
You completed me and were the foundation of my life

Now I'm in exile seein' you out
Now I’m in exile, watching you leave

So I'm leavin' out the side door
I’m leaving through a quieter exit

There is no amount
There’s nothing I can do

Of cryin' I can do for you
I can’t cry enough for you to come back

All this time
All along

We always walked a very thin line
Our relationship was always unstable

You didn't even hear me out (you didn't even hear me out)
You didn’t listen to me

You never gave a warning sign (I gave so many signs)
You never told me how you felt, even though I tried to communicate

I never learned to read your mind (never learned to read my mind)
I never understood your true feelings

I couldn't turn things around (you never turned things around)
I couldn’t fix things, and neither could you

Never gave a warning sign (I gave so many signs)
You never communicated your feelings, even though I tried to understand

So many signs
There were so many signs that I missed or ignored