Hero to villain

I was once the hero of your story!

You held my name like a crown

Then you turned the page so quick

And wrote me all the way down

You go and tell them I was obsessed with you

But you never said what you did

I reached for the truth with both hands

You called it a cage and hid

But I saw your face change

When I wouldn't disappear

You wanted a clean break

And a sinner to keep near

I was just in love

I was just in love

You made me the villain

To make your hands look clean

I was just in love

I was just in love

You made it easier

To cut me at the seam

But the truth was I was just in love!

Not a ghost in your hallway

Not a knife in your drawer

Just a heart you kept breaking

Till I couldn't stay no more

But making me the villain was easier for you to try and get rid of me!

So you taught your friends my shape

And fed them the worst of my name

Now every bruise on your story

Has my shadow to blame

Say it soft, say it sweet

Make me look like the burn

But every lie you lit

Still circles back and turns

I was just in love

I was just in love

You made me the villain

To make your hands look clean

I was just in love

I was just in love

You made it easier

To cut me at the seam

If I'm the monster you needed

Then why do you look away?

If I was only obsession

Why do you still know my name?

I was once the hero of your story!

Now I'm the warning you keep

But love don't die when you bury it

It wakes up sharp and deep

I was just in love

I was just in love

You made me the villain

To make your hands look clean

I was just in love

I was just in love

You made it easier

To cut me at the seam

I was just in love

I was just in love

But you can call me what you want

I know what I was to you