[Verse 1]
You left your gloves
On my chair
White satin fingers
Still in the air
I traced the seams
Like a map
Every little promise
Came back snapped
[Pre-Chorus]
We turned so pretty
In the fall
But grace can crack
And take it all
I spun for you
I bled for you
Then hit the floor
Like I was through
[Chorus]
Ballet of how love hurts
Ballet of how love hurts
You smile, I fall apart
Right on the mark
Ballet of how love hurts
Ballet of how love hurts
You call my name, I turn
And break in the dark
[Verse 2]
Your coat still hangs
By the door
Smells like the rain
From the week before
The record skips
On the same old line
And I keep stepping
Out of time
[Pre-Chorus]
We made it look
So clean, so light
But every lift
Took my whole life
I held the pose
Until it shook
You never saw
What that took
[Chorus]
Ballet of how love hurts
Ballet of how love hurts
You smile, I fall apart
Right on the mark
Ballet of how love hurts
Ballet of how love hurts
You call my name, I turn
And break in the dark
[Bridge]
No one claps
When it ends
Just the bruise
And the bend
I still hear
Your counting out
One, two, three
Then the lights go out
[Final Chorus]
Ballet of how love hurts
Ballet of how love hurts
You smile, I fall apart
Right on the mark
Ballet of how love hurts
Ballet of how love hurts
I loved you in the burn
And learned where bones can start