Second Hand Love

Verse 1)

I still lock my doors out of habit now

Even when nobody’s around

You taught me people leave quietly

Without making a sound

You said forever like you meant every word

Now forever’s just something I heard

And I swear I was better before

I knew how easy love could burn

(Pre-Chorus)

Now every time somebody gets too close

I start looking for a reason they’ll go

(Chorus)

’Cause you left scars where your hands used to be

Turned “I love you” into something weak

Now every girl that tries to hold my soul

Feels the distance I can’t control

I want to trust, I want to fall

But your goodbye still haunts it all

You broke me slow, then disappeared

Now I love with a second hand heart full of fear

(Verse 2)

I met somebody good the other night

She smiled at me like things might be alright

But when she touched me I pulled away

Like pain was waiting behind her eyes

It ain’t her fault you changed my mind

On what love is supposed to feel like

Now I read between every line

Expecting goodbye every time

(Pre-Chorus)

And I hate that you still have that kind of power

Even after all these hours

(Chorus)

’Cause you left scars where your hands used to be

Turned “I love you” into something weak

Now every girl that tries to hold my soul

Feels the distance I can’t control

I want to trust, I want to fall

But your goodbye still haunts it all

You broke me slow, then disappeared

Now I love with a second hand heart full of fear

(Bridge)

Maybe one day I’ll stop waiting

For the people I love to leave

Maybe one day somebody’s arms

Won’t feel like a thing to survive through

But right now

I still flinch at forever

Still drown in what we were together

(Final Chorus)

Yeah you left scars where your hands used to be

And part of me still wears your memory

But I’m trying to believe there’s more

Than bleeding on somebody who’s innocent before

And maybe love ain’t gone for good

Maybe I’m just learning how to trust again like I should

But you changed the man I see in mirrors every year

Now I love with a second hand heart full of fear.