[Verse 1]
What is love
When they smile and turn away
What is love
When your trust gets left to break
They move on fast
Like your heart was just a name
But I feel it all
Every cut, every shame
[Pre-Chorus]
And it hurts in the quiet
When nobody sees
The tears on my sleeve
The weight in my knees
I keep asking the night
Why it has to be
So much taking
And so little peace
[Chorus]
What is love
What is love
If it leaves me here
What is love
What is love
When it tastes like fear
Hands gone cold
Hearts gone thin
I keep falling
Back again
(What is love)
[Verse 2]
I saw a friend
With a smile built on lies
I saw a door
Close right in my eyes
Everyone goes
Like the hurt is just dust
But I know that ache
It lives deep in us
[Pre-Chorus]
And it hurts in the daylight
It hurts in the dark
A silent bruise
A missing spark
I keep asking the mirror
Where the truth went to sleep
Why love feels heavy
And pain runs deep
[Chorus]
What is love
What is love
If it leaves me here
What is love
What is love
When it tastes like fear
Hands gone cold
Hearts gone thin
I keep falling
Back again
(What is love)
[Bridge]
If love is real
Then show me the way
Not a pretty word
That fades in a day
I need truth
I need hands that stay
I need something
That won't slip away
[Final Chorus]
What is love
What is love
If it leaves me here
What is love
What is love
When it tastes like fear
Hands gone cold
Hearts gone thin
I keep falling
Back again
What is love
What is love
Tell me now
Tell me when