Love Hurts

[Verse 1]
I heard the shouting through the walls,
Every night it never stopped.
Voices breaking, getting sharp,
Tearing everything apart.
I stayed quiet in my room,
Holding breaths I couldn’t use.
If I didn’t make a sound,
Maybe it would all die down.
[Pre-Chorus 1]
Every word was way too loud,
Felt like it would pull me down…
[Chorus 1]
Love hurts, that’s what I learned,
Watching everything burn.
Every fight, every word —
Love hurts… it hurts.
Nothing soft, nothing safe,
Just the fear I couldn’t escape.
I was there every day —
Love hurts… that way.
[Verse 2]
Doors would slam, I’d close my eyes,
Try to block out all the nights.
Didn’t know which side was right,
Just knew something wasn’t right.
I learned love was something loud,
Something breaking in a crowd.
Something you survive, not choose —
Something you’re supposed to lose.
[Pre-Chorus 2 – ad-libs begin]
I stayed small, I stayed still (stay still…)
Hoping silence always will (please…)
Maybe if I disappear (don’t see me…)
It will all just end right here (make it stop…)
[Chorus 2 – subtle ad-libs, building]
Love hurts, that’s what I learned (what I learned…)
Watching everything burn (it burns…)
Every fight, every word —
Love hurts… it hurts (it hurts…)
Nothing soft, nothing safe (not safe…)
Just the fear I couldn’t escape (can’t escape…)
I was there every day —
Love hurts… that way (that way…)
[Bridge – stronger ad-libs, emotional]
Was it love or just a war… (just a war…)
Echoing behind the door… (too loud…)
If that’s what love is made to be… (why me…?)
What does that make me…? (what am I…?)
[Final Chorus – powerful, layered, full ad-libs]
Love hurts, that’s what I know (I know!)
From a house I couldn’t call home (not home!)
Every night, every blow (too loud!)
Love hurts… it shows (it shows!)
Love hurts, I still feel it (still feel it!)
Every scar, I can’t heal it (can’t heal!)
Every word echoes still (echoes still!)
Love hurts… it will (it will!)
Nothing soft, nothing safe (no, no!)
Just the fear I couldn’t escape (I can’t escape!)
Even now when I say (when I say…)
Love hurts… that way (that way!)
[Outro – fading, exhausted]
Love hurts… 
It stays… 
Still stays… 

Modern cinematic pop ballad; haunting, emotional, intense, reflective, and deeply traumatic with rising tension, female