She Got the Version I Begged For - Leo Årthun
I asked for effort, asked for time
Asked you to meet me halfway
You said you weren't ready to change
That love shouldn't feel that way
I waited through your growing pains
Believed patience would make you grow
But you stayed exactly the same
Until I finally let you go
I thought love would teach you
What I couldn't
She got the version I begged for
The one I cried to receive
You gave her everything so easily
While I was begging on my knees
She got the version I begged for
And that truth hurts the most
Because you proved you're capable
Just not when it was us
You said commitment scared you
That pressure made you pull away
But suddenly you're showing up
In ways you never did for me
You learned the lessons I paid for
Used them on someone new
I was the heartbreak chapter
That made you better for her
You didn't change because of love
You changed because you lost me
She got the version I begged for
And I got the scar
If I wasn't worth the effort
Why did I have to be the lesson
She got the version I begged for
But I got my freedom
Hope she never has to be
