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You Might Not Need Me

[Verse 1]

Was I immature?

I built you a box with my name on the lid

Kept you so close

Nothing could touch you

Not even the wind

Called it devotion

But it was a cage I painted in gold

I said it was love

Truth is

I was terrified of letting go

[Chorus]

Fear that you might not need me

Fear you’d find out you’re okay

Fear that once you finally left me

You’d start breathing all the way

I wrapped my arms around your freedom

Called it forever

Called it true

But it was fear of losing you

Fear that you might not need me like I need you

[Verse 2]

You missed your friends

I blamed the world like it wanted you gone

Checked where you were

Every five minutes your silence felt wrong

You tried to tell me

“This isn’t love if I can’t even breathe”

I heard accusation

Never the ache underneath

[Chorus]

Fear that you might not need me

Fear you’d learn to walk alone

Fear that if you didn’t call me

You’d stop seeing me as home

So I tied my hands around your choices

Till all your colors faded blue

It wasn’t love that held you down

Just fear that you might not need me like I need you

[Bridge]

If I could meet you back then

I’d open every locked door you walked through

Tell you

“Go

I’ll still be here”

Love is a light

Not a curfew

I’d let the windows open wide

Let every breeze dance across you

Say

“If the world wins your smile

I still won’t lose you”

[Chorus]

Fear that you might not need me

Taught me what loving isn’t for

Now I’m learning how to hold

With both hands open at the door

If you ever think about me

I hope the memory feels true

Not my fear of losing you

Just the part of me that really

Really loved you