Better Than You

Baby, I know
You've told me
Baby, I saw
You showed me
And baby, you called
I answered
And baby, I thought
You were better

Since day 1, it hurt, the goodbye I've heard
The hug in the rain, knowing it wasn't the same
But it would be long gone
It would be long gone
I just had to wait

I loved you
That's why I followed you
That's why I listened to you
I did what you told me to

I stood awake for you
I throve in every way I could
I suffocated when I could
I offered me, you know I would

Trying to reach you was the hardest thing
Thinking that you hated me with every string
And knowing there was nothing that I could've done
You pushed me away while I watched you undone

I loved you
That's why I followed you
That's why I listened to you
I did what you told me to

If you loved me
Why'd you say what you said?
Why'd you leave me in the dark?
Why did you tell me you'd jump?

The world was on fire
You were the ice
I was the oxygen
Keeping it alive

And so I quit
I couldn't breathe
I'm brave enough
To set me free

I loved you
That's why I followed you

I loved you
That's why I followed you
That's why I listened to you
I did what you told me to

But now I love me
That's why I tore us apart
That's why I got off the dark
That's why I'm better than you were