[Verse 1]
I held your name so close
Like it could never break
You smiled with your sweet face
Then drew a line of snakes
You touched my heart with lies
I called it love, I swear
I missed the red flags waving
You left them in the air
[Pre-Chorus]
How can I want you?
How can I burn?
You were my lesson
I never learned
Now I see your shadow
Every place I stand
I gave you all my trust
You took it in your hands
[Chorus]
How can I love you?
How can I hate you?
Same broken heartbeat
Pulling me in two
You cheated and lied to me
I was blind to see it
Or so I thought I was
(so I thought I was)
How can I love you?
How can I hate you?
I still feel you here
And I still feel you through
[Verse 2]
I read your little texts
Like they were holy truth
While you were out there tearing
The seams right off my youth
I wear my hurt like skin
It never comes off clean
I kept the good years waiting
For a version you had seen
[Pre-Chorus]
How can I want you?
How can I burn?
You were my lesson
I never learned
Now I see your shadow
Every place I stand
I gave you all my trust
You took it in your hands
[Chorus]
How can I love you?
How can I hate you?
Same broken heartbeat
Pulling me in two
You cheated and lied to me
I was blind to see it
Or so I thought I was
(so I thought I was)
How can I love you?
How can I hate you?
I still feel you here
And I still feel you through
[Bridge]
Don't call it missing you
Don't call it fate
You made a house of glass
Then asked me not to break
I loved the version
You sold me in the dark
Now all I hold are answers
Cutting through my heart
[Final Chorus]
How can I love you?
How can I hate you?
Same broken heartbeat
Pulling me in two
You cheated and lied to me
I was blind to see it
Or so I thought I was
(so I thought I was)
How can I love you?
How can I hate you?
I let you in my bones
Now I’m pulling through
How can I love you?
How can I hate you?
How can I love you?
How can I hate you?