I Hope You're Stronger

[ Lyrics ]

I hope you're stronger, not like me.

Soft light on your face, he's taken the shot,
your hair tucked behind his favorite ear—
I know that look, the way you lean in slow,
like silence means love when it really means fear.
You wore that perfume I once thought was mine,
mixed with his cologne like a borrowed design.
I hope you're not saving your voice for his moods,
like I did—like bad habits are truths.

I hope you don’t rewrite your name in the dark,
or smile through the texts that come three days apart.
Don’t memorize the things he says when he’s sweet—
they’re placeholders, love, for the days he retreats.

I hope you're stronger, not like me.
I hope you don’t cry when he forgets your birthday.
I hope you're bolder, built to flee,
when he pulls that soft smile and walks away.
I hope you're stronger… stronger than I was.

Saw you at dinner, the napkin on his knee,
you laughed like he's golden, like he’s learned how to stay.
I used to believe that—over wine and weak plans,
let him call me 'forever' while he ghosted my friends.
I hope your love has a spine, a backbone,
not just the echo of who he wants.
I hope you don’t beg with your eyes when he leaves,
like I did—on hands and weak knees.

I hope you set rules he can't slowly erase,
like 'talk to me before you untag my face.'
Don’t let him turn love into guessing and dread—
it’s not romance, it’s just things in your head.

I hope you're stronger, not like me.
I hope you don’t cry when he forgets your birthday.
I hope you're bolder, built to flee,
when he pulls that soft smile and walks away.
I hope you're stronger… stronger than I was.

I wasn’t weak—I just loved too loud,
tried to fix the cracks with my body as cloud.
You don’t have to suffer to prove you’re enough.
Love shouldn’t feel like holding your breath.

I hope you're stronger, not like me.
I hope you don’t cry when he forgets your birthday.
I hope you're wiser, finally free,
from the script I lived out so faithfully.
I hope you're stronger… stronger than I was.

Stronger… stronger… 
Yeah… I hope you're stronger.