Verse 1
You never painted pretty pictures
Never promised you'd stay
Just half answers in the silence
That my heart would translate
You'd vanish into thin air
Then show up like nothing changed
And somehow in that empty space
I kept filling in your name
You never said forever
Never made a plan
But I heard a whole future
In the quiet where you stand
Pre-Chorus
You never said you loved me
Never said you'd try
But every little silence
Let my heart rewrite the signs
I thought I saw a diamond
Where there was only sand
Chorus
Turns out love's a lesson
You can't build a man
Verse 2
I kept chasing who you could be
Not the truth of who you are
Polishing a broken mirror
Hoping it would shine like stars
Every maybe felt like hope
Every touch a hidden sign
But you can't grow a forest
From a seed that isn't mine
I kept seeing castles
Where there wasn't even land
Dreaming of a future
You never had a hand in
Pre-Chorus
You never said you loved me
Never said you'd stay
But every little silence
Let my heart drift miles away
I thought I saw a diamond
Where there was only sand
Chorus
Turns out love's a lesson
You can't build a man
Bridge
Maybe you were honest
Maybe you were clear
Maybe I just heard
What I needed to hear
Maybe I was loving
A future I designed
A ghost made out of promise
Living in my mind
I thought I lost a good thing
Thought I lost the plan
But I was just releasing
Someone I outgrew again
I fell for your potential
Not the truth of who you are
And you can't build a future
From a man who won't start
Chorus
I thought I saw a diamond
Where there was only sand
Now I know the truth
You can't build a man
Outro
I was loving potential
Not the truth of who you are
And that's a house of cards from the start
