[Intro – spoken, low reverb]
Yeah…
Crazy how something meant to heal you
Ends up bein’ the thing that breaks you.
[Verse 1]
What is love?
Somethin’ like a painful myth—
Looks sweet outside but the core’s counterfeit.
Like a cordial cherry with a tack in it,
Bleeds slow soon as your heart commits.
Everybody talk trust, they don’t live that though,
Smiles cut deep like a blade in the snow.
Death feels close when the pain won’t go,
Tryna outrun memories that move too slow.
Who would carve wounds that go this deep?
Thought it was foes… but it came from my team.
The people I’d die for were first to leave,
Now I breathe truth when the truth bleeds me.
[Pre-Chorus]
Tell me why the ones I needed
Left me feelin’ so defeated?
Yeah, the people you let closest
Always hurt you when you’re weakest.
[Chorus]
Love…
Feels like a painful myth.
Every time I reach out,
All I grab is the edge.
Yeah, the dawn keeps breakin’,
But my soul still aches—
’Cause only the ones I trusted
Got the power to break.
So tell me…
Is love a gift, or a painful myth?
[Verse 2]
Wisdom ain’t free, yeah, it comes with a price—
Paid mine early, paid it twice.
People say “love,” but they lie so nice,
Turned my heart cold just to survive life.
I’m not bitter—nah, I’m sharpened clean,
Learned to see truth right in between.
Pain-built strength in the spaces unseen,
Turned these scars into gasoline.
Every betrayal just fed my fire,
Every lost bond pushed me higher.
They said I’d fall—here’s the irony:
The ones who left helped build this version of me.
[Bridge – stripped beat]
I ain’t runnin’ from the hurt;
I’m growin’ from it.
I ain’t hidin’ from the truth;
I’m showin’ from it.
If love’s just a tale
We tell ourselves to live…
Maybe I’m better
Without the myth.
[Chorus – Final]
Love…
Feels like a painful myth.
Every time I reach out,
All I grab is the edge.
Yeah, the dawn keeps breakin’,
But my soul still aches—
’Cause only the ones I trusted
Got the power to break.
So tell me…
Is love a curse, or a gift?
Either way…
It cuts like a painful myth.
[Outro – soft piano]
Yeah…
Funny thing about love—
Sometimes the lie
Hurts more than the truth.
