(Verse 1)
Five years before I ever called you mine,
You knew every story, every stupid little line,
We’d talk until the morning came,
You knew every secret, every fear, every name.
Somewhere between the laughter and the late-night calls,
We thought maybe friendship wasn’t enough at all,
We crossed that line believing we’d found something more,
Never knowing what we’d lose if it didn’t work.
(Pre-Chorus)
Maybe we mistook being close for meant to be,
Maybe loving you was easier when you weren’t loving me.
We wanted forever, so we gave love a try,
But nobody tells you friendship can get lost in goodbye.
(Chorus)
I don’t hate you,
God, sometimes I wish I did,
It’d be easier to lose you
If I could forget the life we lived.
Before the fighting, before the tears,
Before forever disappeared,
You were the one I’d run to
When everything went wrong.
I don’t hate you,
I don’t think I ever could—
Maybe we weren’t meant to be lovers,
Maybe we were better when we were good.
(Verse 2)
You knew me before I tried to change,
Before I thought your love was something I had to chase,
Before I questioned if I was enough,
Or changed little pieces just to earn your love.
Funny how the man who knew me best
Became the one I couldn’t read at all,
I fought so hard to save what we’d become,
I forgot how easy we were before the fall.
(Pre-Chorus)
No expectations, no keeping score,
No wondering who was fighting for us more,
Maybe we were never broken back then,
Maybe we just should’ve stayed best friends.
(Chorus)
I don’t hate you,
God, sometimes I wish I did,
It’d be easier to lose you
If I could forget the life we lived.
Before the fighting, before the tears,
Before forever disappeared,
You were the one I’d run to
When everything went wrong.
I don’t hate you,
I don’t think I ever could—
Maybe we weren’t meant to be lovers,
Maybe we were better when we were good.
(Bridge)
I don’t want you back the way I had you,
I don’t need another chance to make it right,
But when something happens, you’re still the first
Person I want to call at night.
That’s the part nobody warned me of—
I knew how to lose a lover,
But I never learned
How to lose my best friend
At the same time.
Maybe one day when this doesn’t hurt,
We’ll find our way back again.
I don’t need you as my forever—
I just miss my best friend.
(Final Chorus)
I don’t hate you,
And I don’t wish I did anymore,
Five good years came before
We tried to make it something more.
And what came after can’t erase
Every laugh, every memory we made.
I don’t need you to choose me,
I don’t need to call you mine.
Maybe some people fit your life
But don’t fit forever right.
(Outro)
I loved you long before
I fell in love with you.
Maybe that’s why losing us
Feels like losing you twice.
I don’t need back
The man I loved.
I just hope someday
I get my best friend back.
