[Verse 1]
You left me blue in the rain
Still I read every trace
Your silence had a name
I kept it on my tongue
I learned your storm by heart
Counted the cracks in your voice
I held the broken parts
Like they were mine to choose
[Pre-Chorus]
Tell me why I stayed
When the cut still burned
Tell me why I prayed
For the blade to turn
I kept asking what
I was supposed to lose
Was it love, was it trust
Was it me or you?
[Chorus]
I tried to understand you
While you were breaking me
I tried to understand you
(understand you)
Love can be a hard truth
When it tastes like grief
I tried to understand you
(understand you)
[Verse 2]
You came home all cold
With a thousand miles in your eyes
I said "take my hand"
You said "don't ask me why"
I wore your weight like chains
Made your pain my own
Now I see the shape
Of the place I called home
[Pre-Chorus]
Tell me why I stayed
When the cut still burned
Tell me why I prayed
For the blade to turn
I kept asking what
I was supposed to lose
Was it love, was it trust
Was it me or you?
[Chorus]
I tried to understand you
While you were breaking me
I tried to understand you
(understand you)
Love can be a hard truth
When it tastes like grief
I tried to understand you
(understand you)
[Bridge]
Maybe I was brave
Maybe I was lost
Maybe I mistook
Pain for being wanted
I won't call it fate
I won't call it fate
If it kept me small
And called that devotion
[Final Chorus]
I tried to understand you
While you were breaking me
I tried to understand you
(understand you)
Now I choose my heartbeat
Over your repeating need
I tried to understand you
(understand you)