Phony Romance

Verse

Candles burned down to the end

While you played your perfect friend

Every promise wrapped in gold

Felt so warm but turned so cold

I believed the way you spoke

Every word a gentle cloak

Now I see the truth beneath

Love was just a painted dream

Pre-chorus

You made forever sound so sweet

Like something I could keep

Chorus

Romance is nothing but a phony

A fragile lie that held me lonely

Soft illusions dressed in light

Fading in the quiet night

I gave my heart so honestly

You gave a version built to leave

Now I know what love can be

Without you controlling me

Verse

Petals falling from the air

But no one really standing there

Every touch was just a role

In the story you controlled

I was dancing in your scene

While you chased a different dream

Now the silence speaks so clear

You were never really here

Pre-chorus

The fairytale you made me see

Was never meant for me

Chorus

Romance is nothing but a phony

A fragile lie that held me lonely

Soft illusions dressed in light

Fading in the quiet night

I gave my heart so honestly

You gave a version built to leave

Now I know what love can be

Without you controlling me

Bridge

Maybe love is softer

When it starts with me

Maybe all this heartbreak

Set my spirit free

Chorus

Romance is nothing but a phony

But I am stronger, I’m not lonely

Every tear I let it fall

Built the strength I needed most

I gave my heart and learned to see

That love begins inside of me

Now I know what I can be

Without you defining me