I Loved You More Than You Deserved - Leo Årthun
I defended your name
in rooms you never enter
protected your image
while mine fell apart
I gave you loyalty
without conditions
while you gave me excuses
from the start
I stayed through moments that broke me
through doubts I buried inside
I lowered my standards quietly
just to keep you by my side
I thought love
meant endurance
not elegance
I loved you more than you deserved
more than you ever earned
I gave you patience, faith and forgiveness
while my own heart burned
I loved you more than you deserved
and I see clearly now
loving you cost me myself
but I won't allow it
again
I excused behavior I'd warn others about
I normalized pain and neglect
a confused emotional distance
was something I should accept
stay loyal to promises
you never planned to keep
I wanted love and all
and tell us to eat
the truth
and feel one-sided up
I loved you more than you deserved
and that's the truth
loving hard that doesn't fit
someone who won't tell
I loved you more than you deserved
now I love me more
a lesson
