[Verse 1]
You were my safe place
My best friend in the room
Now every word you say
Feels like a blade coming through
Love of my life, you know
I said that out loud
Now I bite my tongue
When you walk back in proud
[Pre-Chorus]
And I kept the photos
Kept your keys by the door
Kept on believing
You'd be who you were before
But your "maybe" turns to "never"
When I ask for your heart
And I can't keep sewing
Up the holes in the dark
[Chorus]
Conditional love
That cuts me to the bone
Conditional love
Makes a house feel like a stone
Best friend to enemy
That hurt hits harder, baby
Father of my child
Don't you leave me out here breaking
Conditional love
I wish I'd known before
I don't want us to end
But I can't beg for more
[Verse 2]
You kiss my forehead
Then you turn cold in the hall
Say you love me some days
Then you take it all
Our baby's got your eyes
And my tears, too
I look at that little face
And I see both of you
I keep the porch light on
Like that might bring you home
But I’m learning too late
You let love live on loan
[Pre-Chorus]
And I kept the photos
Kept your keys by the door
Kept on believing
You'd be who you were before
But your "maybe" turns to "never"
When I ask for your heart
And I can't keep sewing
Up the holes in the dark
[Chorus]
Conditional love
That cuts me to the bone
Conditional love
Makes a house feel like a stone
Best friend to enemy
That hurt hits harder, baby
Father of my child
Don't you leave me out here breaking
Conditional love
I wish I'd known before
I don't want us to end
But I can't beg for more
[Bridge]
If you loved me free
I would stay and fight
But you love with a ledger
And I pay every night
I am tired of the maybe
Tired of the pull and go
If you can't love us fully
Then I need to let you go
[Final Chorus]
Conditional love
That cuts me to the bone
Conditional love
Makes a house feel like a stone
Best friend to enemy
That hurt hits harder, baby
Father of my child
Don't you leave me out here breaking
Conditional love
I wish I'd known before
I don't want us to end
But I can't beg for more