Let You Go (The Light You Needed)

I held your shadow longer than the light

But now I see it never felt quite right

I was a storm when you needed calm

You were a spark, and I was a bomb

You walked away, and yeah, it broke my soul

But truth be told, I never had control

I gave you pieces that were jagged and sharp

Tried to love you with a splintered heart

You needed peace, and I brought thunder

I wanted forever, but I pulled you under

Now I see clear through the ashes and rain

Letting you go was releasing your pain

And I don’t hate you, I swear I don’t

I’d break again so that you won’t

You found your peace, and I found my truth

Sometimes love means letting go of you

I forgave the ghost of what we used to be

You left to find the light that I couldn’t be

I held you too tight, you needed to breathe

So I let you go — and I set you free

II broke my heart so yours could heal

Let you go to find something real

I wore the blame like armor on my chest

But maybe letting go was for the best

I learned that love ain't chains or cages

It’s letting someone fly through different pages

Your laughter echoes in my quiet room

A ghost of the past laid to rest in a heartbreak tomb

but I carry grace, where guilt used to lie

You needed sunrise — I was dark-skies

And if he makes you smile in a way I never could

Then every tear was worth it — I’d relive it if I should

You deserve the soft, the calm, the ease

Not a war-torn heart on floating on bloody seas

I forgave the ghost of what we used to be

You left to find the light that I couldn’t be

I held you too tight, you needed to breathe

So I let you go — and I set you free

II broke my heart so yours could heal

Let you go to find something real

I still remember… but I’ve moved on

You were the right song… just in the wrong dawn

I loved you enough… to let you leave

And that’s the hardest kind… of peace