Lyrics

[Verse 1]
I wake up every morning
With your silence in the room,
Trying not to read the distance
In the way you leave too soon.
I tell myself you’re tired,
That your mind is somewhere else,
But a woman knows when love has changed
Before she tells herself.

I keep setting two places,
Though you barely touch your plate.
I keep finding kinder words
While you keep coming home too late.
And every time I ask you
What is pulling you away,
You kiss my forehead softly
So you won’t have to explain.

[Chorus]
I keep trying, though my heart is getting weary,
Trying to believe you still can hear me.
I keep reaching through the coldness in your eyes,
Holding on to something you no longer recognize.
I keep giving every tender part of me,
Hoping love will bring you back eventually.
Baby, I keep trying, but tell me something true—
Am I fighting for our love alone,
Or are you trying too?

[Verse 2]
I remember when you needed
Every moment I could spare,
When you couldn’t close your eyes
Unless you knew that I was there.
Now your body lies beside me,
But your spirit’s down the road,
And I’m carrying this marriage
Like a woman lifting stone.

I have swallowed my suspicion,
I have softened every tone.
I have made excuses for you
Even when I felt alone.
But devotion has a limit,
And forgiveness has a cost.
I can’t keep calling this a home
When everything warm is lost.

[Chorus]
Still, I keep trying, though my faith is getting fragile,
Trying to make sense of your denial.
I keep reaching for the man you used to be,
While the man beside me keeps retreating silently.
I keep giving every honest part of me,
But love was never meant to feel like charity.
Baby, I keep trying, but tell me something true—
Am I fighting for our love alone,
Or are you trying too?

[Bridge]
I don’t need another promise
Made to quiet down my fears.
I need action in the daylight,
Not apologies through tears.
If you love me, stand beside me.
If you’re finished, set me free.
But don’t leave me doing all the work
For what belongs to you and me.

[Final Chorus]
I have tried until my soul is tired of pleading,
Tried to give you everything you needed.
I have loved you past the point of being wise,
Now I have to love myself enough to open up my eyes.
I won’t beg for what should come naturally,
I deserve a love that gives as much as it receives.
Baby, I was trying, but now I finally see—
I can’t keep saving us
While you keep losing me.

[Outro]
I tried with all the woman
That I knew how to become.
But love cannot survive
When only one heart does the work.