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Substitute Heart (Version 2)

[Verse 1]

You folded my T-shirts

Learned every squeak in the floor

Said you liked my coffee

Left your keys by the door

I thought it meant something

Every sleepy Sunday

Guess I just misread it

Guess I got in the way

[Chorus]

I was just a substitute heart

Holding your place till you healed

Thought I was home

But I was

Just somewhere to crash

Somewhere to deal

You were only paying a debt

I was counting forever in your eyes

You stayed long enough to clear your conscience

Then left me holding all the why’s

[Verse 2]

You thanked me for “everything”

That word tasted like goodbye

Like you’d finished an errand

Not a promise from your eyes

All the love that I poured in

Spilled straight through the past

You were crossing me off your list

I was building something that wouldn’t last

[Chorus]

I was just a substitute heart

Holding your place till you healed

Thought I was home

But I was

Just somewhere to crash

Somewhere to deal

You were only paying a debt

I was counting forever in your eyes

You stayed long enough to clear your conscience

Then left me holding all the why’s

[Bridge]

Did it ever hurt you

To see me try that hard? (tell me)

Or was I just a favor

You could finally discard

If love is a ledger

Then write my name in red

What you called gratitude

Felt like love in my head

[Chorus]

I was just a substitute heart

Holding your place till you healed

Thought I was home

But I was

Just somewhere to crash

Somewhere to deal

You were only paying a debt

I was dreaming a life you never tried

You stayed just long enough to feel less guilty

Then left me here with all the why’s