Broke me

Intro]
June 2015, I remember it clear,
You came in saying everything I needed to hear.
Swept me off my feet, had me thinking it was fate,
I gave you all of me before I knew the price I’d pay.

I thought it was real.
God knows, I thought it was real.

[Verse 1]
Every prison, every weekend, I was there,
Long drives, long lines, but I didn’t care.
Faithful, honest, loyal, never switched my side,
While the whole world counted you out, I stood with pride.

Bent over backwards, made your problems mine,
Made sure you were good every single time.
Then 2017, I became your wife,
Thinking loving you was the best part of my life.

I wore that title proudly, I carried your name,
Never knowing one day you’d make me ashamed
Of all the times I defended what I thought we had,
While you were becoming the lesson I wish I never had.

[Pre-Chorus]
‘Cause I loved you louder than you ever loved me,
Gave you loyalty you never gave back to me.
I was building a marriage, you were building your lies,
And somehow I kept forgiving every time you made me cry.

[Chorus]
One foot in, one foot out,
That’s how you loved me.
Needed me around,
But never chose me completely.

Your wife did the visits,
Your wife sent the money,
Your wife held you down
When nothing about life was funny.

But you could disrespect me loud
And appreciate me privately.
Now you can keep that kind of love,
It ain’t enough for me.

One foot in, one foot out—
Baby, I’m finally out.

[Verse 2]
2019, you finally came home,
I thought, “This is our time, we won’t be alone.”
Three weeks later, everything came crashing down,
The love I protected got dragged through the ground.

Screenshots, pictures, videos, posts,
Proof hurts different when it comes from who you loved most.
People around you knew I was your wife,
Still somehow strangers got invited into our life.

And you played both sides like you always had a choice,
Telling me one thing while giving somebody else your voice.
I kept trying to save what you kept tearing apart,
You kept leaving fingerprints all over my broken heart.

[Pre-Chorus]
I was fighting for somebody
Who wouldn’t fight for me.
Calling it a marriage
While you lived like you were free.
And every time I thought
You finally understood,
You showed me loving you
Would never make you good to me.

[Chorus]
One foot in, one foot out,
That’s how you loved me.
Needed me around,
But never chose me completely.

Your wife did the visits,
Your wife sent the money,
Your wife held you down
When nothing about life was funny.

But you could disrespect me loud
And appreciate me privately.
Now you can keep that kind of love,
It ain’t enough for me.

One foot in, one foot out—
Baby, I’m finally out.

[Verse 3]
February 2021, we were barely hanging on,
March 9th, my son’s birthday, then you were gone.
Back behind those walls and who showed up again?
The same wife you kept hurting, still trying to be your friend.

Then another truth found its way to me—
A child outside our marriage, another piece of history.
Another secret, another lie I had to survive,
Another reason I should’ve stopped keeping us alive.

But still—
Every package, every store, every food sale,
Every visit, every family visit without fail.
Every Zelle, Apple Pay, every phone you lost,
Your wife kept paying every emotional cost.

I made sure you were good before I handled me,
Put your needs before my own priorities.
Responsibilities waiting, but you came first,
And somehow the woman who gave the most
Got treated the worst.

[Breakdown]
Then 2026 came
And I finally saw it plain.

You can post another woman
And tell the world you appreciate her,
While the woman who carried you
Only heard appreciation through a phone.

That necklace was supposed to come home.
But now?
Keep it.

Keep the posts.
Keep the pictures.
Keep the performance.
Keep everything I spent years begging you to give me.

I don’t want it anymore.

[Bridge]
You are who you are,
And I finally believe you.
I kept loving your potential
When I should’ve just seen you.

You’re not for me,
And I’m not for you.
I deserve somebody
Who loves the way that I do.

Somebody on my level,
Somebody who understands
A woman shouldn’t have to bleed
Just to prove she’ll stand by her man.

And if that’s where you built your family,
Then that’s where you belong.
I spent eleven years holding us together—
Now I’m strong enough to let it be gone.

[Final Chorus]
No more one foot in, one foot out,
I closed the door myself.
I gave you everything I had,
Now I’m giving love back to myself.

No more packages,
No more money,
No more proving I’m your wife.
No more putting you before me
While you disrespect my life.

You can appreciate whoever
You choose to appreciate now.
I don’t need the private words
You were too ashamed to say out loud.

I loved you.
I fought for you.
I sacrificed without a doubt.
But after everything you put me through—
I’m finally choosing me now.