Tried My Best
Tried My Best
How cruel you are—
yet strangely so,
no pride in that,
I know, I know.
But still it shows
and makes it clear:
I shouldn't hope
while you're still here.
And just to know—
that truth alone
is worth the pain
I've always known.
No matter how
I brace my heart,
your leaving tears me
all apart.
I gave you all
I couldn't name,
a love too quiet
to call or claim.
You turned away,
and still I stay—
half of me
won't fade away.
No hope remains
that you might see
the quiet love
that lives in me.
My heart still plays
your cruel game;
Love has changed,
and lost its name.
One day the loneliest
of all,
one day the one
who dared to fall.
But tell me how
to walk away,
when every road
still leads your way.
I learned that love
and loss entwine,
that every wound
was once divine.
So keep your peace,
and I'll keep mine—
two hearts apart,
one broken line.
So if I break,
I'll break alone,
I'll carry what
I've always known.
This call repeats
in my chest:
I tried my best…
I tried my best.