[Verse 1]
You said it like you’d held it in
For longer than I ever knew
And for a second I just stood there
Trying to find the right thing to do
’Cause you’ve been good to me
Better than good, if I’m being fair
You never made me second-guess
If I was wanted there
[Pre-Chorus]
And maybe that’s what makes this hard
There’s nothing here that I can blame
No broken promise, no hidden part
No villain I can name
[Chorus]
I don’t love you
God, I wish I did
It would make this so much easier
If my heart worked like it should
You gave me every reason
To want this to be true
And I hate that all I have to give you
Is “I don’t love you”
[Verse 2]
You’re everything they’d probably say
I should be lucky enough to find
Steady hands and honest words
Someone gentle, someone kind
And I kept waiting for the spark
Thinking maybe I was slow
Maybe feelings take their time
Maybe someday I would know
[Pre-Chorus]
But wanting to want you
Isn’t wanting you enough
And pretending this is something more
Wouldn’t make it love
[Chorus]
I don’t love you
God, I wish I did
It would make this so much easier
If my heart worked like it should
You gave me every reason
To want this to be true
And I hate that all I have to give you
Is “I don’t love you”
[Bridge]
Please don’t turn this into
Something wrong with you
There isn’t something missing
There’s nothing you could do
And maybe somewhere out there
Someone hears the things you said
And feels the whole world open
The way mine simply never did
I wish that girl was me
I really do
[Final Chorus]
But I don’t love you
And I won’t lie to you
You deserve a heart that answers
When yours says “I choose you”
I could stay because you’re perfect
I could try to see it through
But that would only hurt you slower
And I care too much to do that to you
So I don’t love you
Though I wish I did
And I hope someday
That won’t hurt quite like this