[Verse 1]
You kept the door half-open
Like I was meant to wait
I read your smallest silence
Like it was something safe
You wore his name like damage
I wore my heart like proof
And still I stood there shaking
Just trying to get to you
[Pre-Chorus]
Tell me what you want
Tell me who I am
If he left you cold
I can still hold your hand
I know the shape of ruins
I know the taste of rain
If you need a new beginning
I can take that pain
[Chorus]
Let me be the fool
Let me be the fool
To love you right
The way he never could
Let me be the fool
Let me be the fool
If you call my name
I’ll come unglued
(He never could)
(I never would)
[Verse 2]
I see the cuts you hide in
Under the perfect night
You laugh like it’s forgotten
But I can read the fight
You want a love that stays here
Not hands that come and go
I’m not afraid of broken
I’m just afraid you know
[Pre-Chorus]
Tell me what you want
Tell me who I am
If he left you cold
I can still hold your hand
I know the shape of ruins
I know the taste of rain
If you need a new beginning
I can take that pain
[Chorus]
Let me be the fool
Let me be the fool
To love you right
The way he never could
Let me be the fool
Let me be the fool
If you call my name
I’ll come unglued
(He never could)
(I never would)
[Bridge]
If you’re gonna leave
Do it in the light
Don’t make me worship
What can’t survive the night
I can take the blame
I can take the fall
But if you choose me
Choose me all
[Final Chorus]
Let me be the fool
Let me be the fool
To love you right
The way he never could
Let me be the fool
Let me be the fool
I’ll wear the bruise
If it gets me through to you
Let me be the fool
Let me be the fool
If you call my name
I’ll come unglued
(He never could)
(I never would)