You Broke Me First - ArlenaZara
I'm standing in the wreckage
Of a house that used to be our home
The walls are stained with memories
Now I'm standing here alone
You're pointing out the fractures
The places where I've been
The bitterness and coldness
Every single argument
You talk about the distance
The way I shut you out
But you were the architect
Of the silence and the doubt
Before I built my fortress
Before I closed the door
You had already walked away
And left me on the floor
So don't you dare look shocked now
Don't you act surprised
At the lack of love you're seeing
In my tired empty eyes
Don't you talk about the ruin
Or the pieces I have left
Cause you can't break what's already broken
By your theft
Yeah you broke me first
With every lie you spun
By the time I finally shattered
The damage had been done
You talk about my anger
A fire that burns so bright
But you're the one who struck the match
And vanished in the night
I'm a mirror of the callousness
You showed right from the start
A perfect painful copy
Of your own indifferent heart
You look at me like I'm the villain
Like I caused the end
But I'm just reacting
To the wounds that will never mend
The tears I cried were genuine
The pain was sharp and real
Before I learned to harden up
Before I learned to feel
Nothing at all
So don't you dare look shocked now
Don't you act surprised
At the lack of love you're seeing
In my tired empty eyes
Don't you talk about the ruin
Or the pieces I have left
Cause you can't break what's already broken
By your theft
Yeah you broke me first
With every lie you spun
By the time I finally shattered
The damage had been done
It's easy to blame the victim
For the way they choose to cope
To point at their defenses
When you destroyed their hope
You left the battle raging
And expected me to heal
But all I learned was how the coldness
Starts to feel
I survived your abandonment
I made it through the storm
And now you criticize the shelter
That keeps me safe and warm
So don't you dare look shocked now
Don't you act surprised
At the lack of love you're seeing
In my tired empty eyes
Don't you talk about the ruin
Or the pieces I have left
Cause you can't break what's already broken
By your theft
Yeah you broke me first
With every lie you spun
By the time I finally shattered
The damage had been done
You broke me first
Left me in the dust
You broke me first
Yeah you broke me first
You broke me first