[Verse 1]
You said you loved me
But the way you said it cut my skin
Same mouth that praised me
Turned around and let the silence win
[Pre-Chorus]
I kept receipts in my phone
Every promise
Every quote
Reading back the pretty words
Choking on the undertones
[Chorus]
This ain’t love
This off-key kind of love
Got me singing to a stranger in your arms (oh)
If it’s love
Why I feel so small
Why I’m begging just to matter at all
Call it love
But it’s bruising my heart
Every “baby” just tearing me apart
If this is what you’re giving me as love
Then I don’t want love
[Verse 2]
You hold me gently
Then you question everything I say
You say I’m crazy
But you’re the one that keeps on changing ways
[Pre-Chorus]
I dressed my pain in perfume
Smiled pretty in every room
Tried to fit inside your frame
While you kept on shifting rules
[Chorus]
This ain’t love
This off-key kind of love
Got me singing to a stranger in your arms (yeah)
If it’s love
Why I feel so small
Why I’m begging just to matter at all
Call it love
But it’s bruising my heart
Every “baby” just tearing me apart
If this is what you’re giving me as love
Then I don’t want love
[Bridge]
Maybe I’m hard to hold
But I’m not hard to choose
I’d rather sleep alone
Than be lying next to abuse (oh)
You can keep your halfway heart
And your halfway truth
’Cause I finally found the strength
To give that word back to you
[Chorus]
This ain’t love
This off-key kind of love
Had me singing to a stranger in your arms
If it’s love
I should feel rebuilt
Not drowning in your shame and guilt
Call it love
But I’m walking away
I’ll save my heart for a kinder day
If this is what you’re giving me as love
Then I don’t want love (no)
If this is what you’re giving me as love
Then I don’t want love