Verse 1
You walked in talking like a dream
Future shining through your teeth
Plans so big they filled the room
I believed them easily
You painted pictures in the air
I filled the colors everywhere
Thought I saw a masterpiece
Turns out it was make believe
Pre-Chorus
Every red flag I turned gold
Every maybe I called hope
You didn't lie, not exactly
You just never became the man you sold
Chorus
I didn't fall for who you were
I fell for who you said you'd be
A thousand promises in words
That never turned to reality
I wasn't losing you that night
When I finally set you free
I was just saying goodbye
To your potential
Verse 2
Months go by, the truth appears
In the silence of your fears
All the things you swore you'd do
Stayed suspended in the air
I kept watering empty ground
Waiting for a seed you found
But a garden can't grow strong
If the roots were never there
Pre-Chorus
Every red flag I turned gold
Every maybe I called hope
You didn't lie, not exactly
You just never became the man you sold
Chorus
I didn't fall for who you were
I fell for who you said you'd be
A thousand promises in words
That never turned to reality
I wasn't losing you that night
When I finally set you free
I was just saying goodbye
To your potential
Bridge
Maybe the hardest part to face
Was realizing my mistake
I wasn't loving you at all
I loved the man you could've been
The future living in my head
The ghost you never were
Chorus
I didn't fall for who you were
I fell for who you said you'd be
I built a world around your words
Then watched them fade in front of me
I thought my heart was breaking down
But clarity eventually showed
I wasn't losing you
Just your potential
Outro
Somebody out there will become
Every promise you ignored
And when he does
I won't be chasing potential anymore
