Knowing doesn’t make it hurt less

Instrumentals

Intro

I know what people say…

“You were better off without them.”

Maybe they’re right.

But knowing that

Doesn’t make me miss you any less.

Verse 1

I know they said you weren’t good for me,

And maybe now I finally see.

Your actions told the truth your words denied,

Still, part of me remembers another side.

I keep replaying all the memories,

The stupid jokes, the little things.

Now they’re all I have left of you,

And somehow that hurts worse than the truth.

Pre-Chorus

My head knows why I had to let you go,

But try explaining that to a heart

That still doesn’t know.

Chorus

Knowing you weren’t good for me

Doesn’t make it hurt less.

Knowing walking away was right

Doesn’t stop this ache inside my chest.

Love like this doesn’t disappear

Just because you’re no longer here.

I can know that letting go was right

And still miss you every night.

Two things can both be true…

You weren’t good for me.

And I still loved you.

Verse 2

Everyone reminds me of the red flags,

Like somehow that’ll make me not look back.

They tell me, “Remember what they put you through,”

As if pain can erase what I felt for you.

I don’t want back everything we had,

I know some of it hurt more than it should have.

But there were moments that were beautiful too,

And losing those means losing part of you.

Pre-Chorus 2

Maybe moving on doesn’t mean

Pretending that I never cared.

Maybe I can know you’re wrong for me

And still wish you were there.

Chorus

Knowing you weren’t good for me

Doesn’t make it hurt less.

Knowing walking away was right

Doesn’t stop this ache inside my chest.

Love like this doesn’t disappear

Just because you’re no longer here.

I can know that letting go was right

And still miss you every night.

Two things can both be true…

You weren’t good for me.

And I still loved you.

Bridge

I don’t need another reason

Why we couldn’t make it through.

I’ve got a thousand reasons…

And I still miss you.

That’s the part nobody tells you—

Sometimes closure doesn’t close the door.

Sometimes you know exactly why it’s over…

And your heart still wants

What it can’t have anymore.

Final Chorus

I know you weren’t good for me,

And someday maybe this will hurt less.

I’ll stop searching through our memories

For something I could’ve fixed.

But love doesn’t vanish on command,

And healing doesn’t mean I don’t give a damn.

So I’ll let myself miss you

While I’m learning to let you go.

Two things will always be true…

You weren’t good for me.

But what I felt for you…

Was real.

Outro

I know why you’re gone.

I understand.

I just wish understanding

Didn’t hurt this bad.