Should have known

[Verse 1]
We shared passwords
Keys under the mat
You knew every secret
You handed them back
Broken
Bent
Like they didn’t matter

[Chorus]
You were the soft knife in my back
Cutting where I couldn’t see
Smiling while you watched me bleed
Saying you were there for me
You were the soft knife in my back
Quiet as a passing breeze
How did I not feel the steel
When you leaned so close to me

[Verse 2]
You swore on your father
On the house by the lake
Said you’d never cross that line
Guess every word had an exit baked in
You looked me
Straight in the face

[Chorus]
You were the soft knife in my back
Cutting where I couldn’t see
Smiling while you watched me bleed
Saying you were there for me
You were the soft knife in my back
Quiet as a passing breeze
How did I not feel the steel
When you leaned so close to me

[Bridge]
Now every “trust me”
Tastes like rust on my tongue (oh)
I flinch at kindness
Wonder what they’ve already done
You taught me how
To doubt the ones I love

[Chorus]
You were the soft knife in my back
Cutting where I couldn’t see
Smiling while you watched me bleed
Saying you were there for me
You were the soft knife in my back
But I’m stitching up the seam
You can keep your empty hands
You don’t get the rest of me