LOVE HURTS (Intro deep bass distant ghostly whispers long cathedral echoes) (Whispers far away) Love me… Don’t leave … Love hurts… (Verse 1 smoky intimate fragile female vocal) I let you in then lock the door I need to know if you want me more I read your eyes I search your face Afraid I might be replaced (Pre Chorus rising bass breathy doubles distant whispers) I need to know what is in your heart But fear keeps tearing us apart I hide my need behind my pride And watch us fall apart (Chorus dark hypnotic heavy bass emotional female vocal) Why do we call it love when it hurts Why does the fear come first I need to know you feel it too But I am scared to trust in you I pull you close then push away Too proud to beg you to stay (Distant ghost whispers with long echoes) Come closer… Don’t leave… Say you love me… (Verse 2 stripped beat close breathy vocal) I wait for you to make the move Too scared to show how much I lose I would rather break than hear goodbye So I bury love beneath my pride (Bridge beat cuts isolated breaths distant whispers) I wanted proof you would not go But never let my feelings show I feared rejection more than being alone Now all I have is this empty home (Whispers far away) My pride… My fear… You are gone… (Final chorus full dark club groove distorted tremolo guitars soaring Blackgaze crescendo) Why do we call it love when it hurts Why does the fear come first I pushed you away to hide my pain Now I would give it all to try again Too proud to ask you to stay Too scared to let you walk away (Outro fading sub bass distant cathedral echoes) Love me… Don’t leave … (Almost inaudible whisper) Why do we call it love… When it hurts…
