Why do you have to hurt me with your words?

Verse 1

You don’t raise your voice, you don’t have to shout

You know exactly what to say, then you let it fall out

It’s never the punch, it’s the pause that stings

Like you aim for the cracks in the best parts of me

You say it’s just honesty, say I’m too thin-skinned

But truth don’t have to cut this deep to get in

I’d rather hear silence than another “just saying”

Another little sentence that leaves me shaking

Pre-Chorus

I replay it all night, every line, every tone

Trying to figure out how love turns into stone

Chorus

Why do you hurt me with your words?

They land like they know where I’m weak

You don’t touch me, but it still hurts

Like bruises nobody else can see

If you love me like you say you do

Why do your truths feel so unkind?

Why do you hurt me with your words

And leave the rest of me behind?

Verse 2

You smile it off, say I’m reading it wrong

Say I’m making a fight where there wasn’t one

But I feel it in my chest when you walk away

Like I’m shrinking a little more every day

I’m not asking you to walk on glass

I’m asking why you aim so fast

At the parts of me I trusted you with

The parts I never learned how to fix

Pre-Chorus

You say I should be stronger by now

But love shouldn’t teach me how

Chorus

Why do you hurt me with your words?

They echo longer than the sound

You don’t scream, you don’t curse

You just slowly tear me down

If I’m safe here in your arms

Why do I feel so small inside?

Why do you hurt me with your words

Then say I’m the one who’s crossed the line?

Bridge

Maybe you don’t mean the damage you do

Maybe this is just how you learned truth

But I’m tired of bleeding in quiet ways

And calling it love just to make it stay

Final Chorus

So if you’re gonna speak, speak gently

If you’re gonna stay, stay kind

I’m already fighting my own wars

I don’t need yours inside my mind

‘Cause love should heal, not leave a mark

Not make me question my own worth

So tell me—if you love me at all—

Why do you hurt me with your words?

Outro

You don’t need sharper honesty

You just need a little mercy

With your words