Between Heartbeats

I built you a home inside my chest
A fragile place where we could rest
You lit the fire, I fanned the flame
Believed our hearts would beat the same
But while I prayed for love to stay
You let your hands and lips betray
I felt the smoke before the fire
A bitter taste of your desire

Was I a heartbeat, or just a space
Between the lies you learned to trace?
Was my trust a bridge you burned
To keep another soul concerned?
I loved you like the morning sky
But you kissed the dark, and let me die
Now I'm lost where shadows cry
Drowning in echoes echoes of  lie

You said mistake, but I see through—
Mistakes don't wear rehearsed "I love you."
They don't whisper with practiced tone
Or carve their names into your bones
You built a castle made of sin
While I was locked and trapped within
I clawed for truth, my hands turned red
But found the ghost of words you said

Was I a heartbeat, or just a space
Between the lies you learned to trace?
Was my trust a bridge you burned
To keep another soul concerned?
I loved you like the morning sky
But you kissed the dark, and let me die
Now I'm lost where shadows cry
Drowning in echoes echoes of  lie

I thought love's war was worth the fight
But how can you battle when wrong feels right?
How can you heal when the wound won't fade
When the blade that cut is the love you made?

Was I a heartbeat, or just a space
Between the lies you learned to trace?
Was my trust a bridge you burned
To keep another soul concerned?
I loved you like the morning sky
But you kissed the dark, and let me die
Now I'm lost where shadows cry
Drowning in echoes echoes of  lie

The fire's out, the temple bare
I reach for you but you're not there
And in the silence, though you're gone
I hear you breathing where you don't belong