[Verse 1]
You left your coat on my chair
Like you planned to come back
I still step over the same glass
In the hall by the scratch on the wall
Your name tastes like rust in my mouth
When I say it out loud
[Pre-Chorus]
And I bite down hard
Till my jaw shakes
I keep your ghost
In the seams of my bed
If love is a wound
Then I never stayed clean
[Chorus]
I loved you and it hurt
I loved you and it burned
Hold me in the wreck
Then leave me in the dirt
I loved you and it hurt
I loved you and it burned
(tell me why)
I keep coming back
[Verse 2]
The sink is full of old tea
And the sink light flickers blue
Your voicemail loops on my phone
Like a siren in a locked room
I count the dents in the doorframe
From the nights we both broke through
Now every quiet thing in here
Sounds like I’m losing you
[Pre-Chorus]
And I bite down hard
Till my jaw shakes
I keep your ghost
In the seams of my bed
If love is a wound
Then I never stayed clean
[Chorus]
I loved you and it hurt
I loved you and it burned
Hold me in the wreck
Then leave me in the dirt
I loved you and it hurt
I loved you and it burned
(tell me why)
I keep coming back
[Bridge]
[F]
I was the match in your hand
You were the rain on my skin
I held you like a prayer
Then I let the whole thing in
Now I’m walking through the ache
With my heart split open wide
If you call me from the dark
I might still let you inside
[Breakdown]
Break me slow
Say my name
If this is love
Why does it stain?
Break me slow
Say my name
I still reach
For the flame
[Final Chorus]
I loved you and it hurt
I loved you and it burned
Hold me in the wreck
Then leave me in the dirt
I loved you and it hurt
I loved you and it burned
(tell me why)
I keep coming back
[Outro]
I keep coming back
I keep coming back
To the place
Where it all went bad