Quit the Game

The streets are strangely quiet
And it's giving me time to think
If I lost the one who hurt me
Did I really lose anything?

I was as honest as I could be
But she didn't hear a word
Cause when you look for lies in honesty
The truth just can't be heard

It probably broke her heart that it didn't break mine
When she packed her bags and told me goodbye
But I can't keep waiting on some darkened spark to fly
At some point, you just gotta quit the game

I started to sense a disconnection
And our words started meaning different things
While my eyes turned to the future
Her eyes were stuck on me

So I was stuck there in a corner
I couldn't reach the bar she set so high
And every conversation would bear disappointment
Regardless of how much that I would try

So maybe that's why I tried to conceal myself
Maybe that's why I tried to escape her gaze
Not because I ever wanted to hurt her
But that I didn't know another way

It probably broke her heart that it didn't break mine
When she packed her bags and told me goodbye
And it's not that I am blinded by my hardened heart or pride
I just can't stand to be the cause of someone's pain

So I stand here in the quiet
Feeling some regret and some relief
Knowing that there's no more expectation
With which I have to wrestle and compete

I think that we were never meant to be lovers
That's a stance I always tried to defend
I think that you were meant to be my lesson
That before someone can break, they have to bend

It probably broke her heart that it didn't break mine
When she packed her bags and told me goodbye
But she can't keep waiting on some bandage I can't provide
At some point, you just gotta quit the game
At some point, you just gotta quit the game