[Verse 1] You said you couldn't love me anymore, Like it was a door you'd closed before. And I should've seen it in the way you smiled, Polite like a storm, calm for a while. You packed your truth in a paper-thin excuse, Wrapped it up tight in some kind of noose. I laughed just once, because what else could I do? Your timing was cruel, but so were you. [Pre-Chorus] Oh, what a twist, what a tragic surprise, You looked at my heart and then said goodbye. With all the grace of a knife through lace, You left me standing in my own bad place. [Chorus] You said you couldn't love me anymore, Well, thanks for the warning at the back of the door. I guess forever was just marketing flair, A pretty little lie you could wear and tear. So here's to the end, to the mess we made, To the love you borrowed and the debt I paid. You said you couldn't love me anymore, Funny how I still feel the ache in my core. [Verse 2] I kept your sweater like a joke on me, Still smells like a memory and cheap perfume tea. Every thread says "stay," but you said "go," With that rehearsed, regretless undertone. And I was a fool in my own sad play, Clapping for scenes that would fade away. You played your part with impeccable gloom, Then left me alone with the aftershroom. [Pre-Chorus] Oh, what a night, what a beautiful crime, You stole my heart and called it time. I should've known from the look in your eye, That "we" was a word you were prepared to deny. [Chorus] You said you couldn't love me anymore, Well, thanks for the warning at the back of the door. I guess forever was just marketing flair, A pretty little lie you could wear and tear. So here's to the end, to the mess we made, To the love you borrowed and the debt I paid. You said you couldn't love me anymore, Funny how I still feel the ache in my core. [Bridge] And maybe I'm bitter, maybe I'm blue, Maybe I'm laughing because I'm through. Maybe your goodbye was the kindest kind, But kindness is cruel when it breaks your mind. So take your silence and your half-born truth, I'll keep the scars and the stolen youth. If love is a lesson, then here's my degree: Don't promise the moon if you can't stay with me. [Final Chorus] You said you couldn't love me anymore, And I heard the crack of a closing door. Now I'm dancing alone in the wreckage you made, In the glittering dust of the plans that decayed. No, I won't beg for what you won't give, I'll learn how to hurt, then learn how to live. You said you couldn't love me anymore, So I turned that hurt into a little more roar. [Outro] You said you couldn't love me anymore, And somehow, darling, I loved me more.
