HALF A HEART

Name: HALF A HEART
Duration: 270 s
Description: HALF A HEART by mBaileyz. From the artist’s lyric sheet: “I don't need a ring, I just need to know your mind 'Cause I'm running out of patience reading signals…”

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HALF A HEART lyrics

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Intro

She said "don't overthink it," but I'm wide awake at two Reading texts from April, trying to find a single clue We share a bed on weekends, but she won't share her plans I'm holding something fragile that keeps slipping through my hands

Verse 1

Met her at a party, she was laughing with her friends Traded numbers in the kitchen, said "let's see where this ends" Three months later we're exclusive but she won't say the word I introduced her to my mama, she just smiled and deferred Got her toothbrush in my bathroom, got her shampoo in my shower But I'm "just a friend" to everyone she talks to by the hour She says labels are for products, not for people who are grown But I'm tired of being somewhere between together and alone

Pre-chorus

I don't need a ring, I just need to know your mind 'Cause I'm running out of patience reading signals all the time

Chorus

Half a heart, that's all you're giving me Situationship, you're killing me softly Can't be your maybe when I need your certainty I'm done living in the gray, let me be

Verse 2

She got options, I got loyalty , guess which one wins? I'm in her DMs at eleven while she's posting stories with her "friends" Said she wasn't ready, then I see her on a date With some dude who met her Tuesday, moving fast while I just wait My boys say I'm simping, but they don't know how it feels When she cries on my shoulder but won't let me help her heal I'm the backup plan that never gets promoted to the front She keeps me in the lobby while she's giving him what I want

Pre-chorus

I don't need forever, I just need to know tonight 'Cause I'm tired of pretending that this almost-love is right

Chorus

Half a heart, that's all you're giving me Situationship, you're killing me softly Can't be your maybe when I need your certainty I'm done living in the gray, let me be

Bridge

(Stripped down, piano and vocal only, raw vulnerability) Remember when commitment wasn't something people feared? When "what are we" was answered and the silence disappeared? Now we're scared to lose our options, so we never make a choice I'm just another notification, not a voice

Verse 3

So I'm packing up my feelings, putting boundaries in place No more waiting for a text that shows me where I rank in space I deserve someone who knows it, not someone who needs time To decide if I'm worth keeping while they're swiping for a sign My peace ain't up for auction, and my heart ain't on the shelf If you can't commit to me, I'm gonna commit to myself Delete the app, delete the texts, delete the late-night calls I'd rather stand alone than keep catching when you fall

Pre-chorus

I don't need permission to protect my own design 'Cause I finally learned the lesson , I'm the only one that's mine

Chorus

Half a heart, that's all you're giving me Situationship, you're killing me softly Can't be your maybe when I need your certainty I'm done living in the gray, let me be

Bridge

Some people want the comfort but they're terrified to stay I used to think that I could wait, but now I'm walking away Not out of anger, not from pain, just knowing what I need A love that's whole, not half a heart , I'm finally set free Half a heart, that's all you're giving me (yeah) Situationship, you're killing me softly (softly) Can't be your maybe when I need your certainty (need it now) I'm done living in the gray, let me be free

Outro

I'm done asking "what are we" to people who don't know The ones who want you never leave you guessing, now I know So keep your maybes, keep your "let's just see where this goes" I chose myself the day you couldn't... and that's how the story goes

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