I LOVED YOU THROUGH THE DAMAGE [Verse 1] You were raised beneath a cold man’s shadow, Where a boy learned never to cry. You made a home out of empty rooms, And learned to leave before goodbye. You had ghosts underneath your blue eyes, Old heartbreak sleeping in your veins. Every woman who ever hurt you Left a little poison in your name. Then life took you down to the darkness, Left you reaching for something to hold. And I found you there in the wreckage, Loving you before you could know. [Pre-Chorus] I saw the boy behind the bad boy, Saw the tears you kept out of sight. You didn’t have to fix your demons, Baby, I would’ve loved them all night. [Chorus] I loved you through the damage, Like the moon loves a midnight sea. I loved you when you were empty, When you couldn’t believe in me. I never needed you perfect, Never needed a king on a throne. I just wanted your hand in mine, And somewhere we could call home. But I asked you for tomorrow, And you called my love too much. I loved you through the damage, But you couldn’t survive my touch. [Verse 2] Ten months underneath Florida sunsets, Your shadow dancing next to mine. Five hours of highway between us, But I swore we’d outrun the miles. You’d disappear into your silence, I’d pretend that everything was fine. I kept kissing all your broken places, Hoping you’d finally make them mine. I didn’t want your money, baby, Didn’t need a diamond in the dark. I just wanted you to choose me, To put your name beside my heart. But the moment I asked for forever, You started looking for the door. You said, “We’re too different, darling, I don’t think I can give you more.” [Chorus] I loved you through the damage, Like the moon loves a midnight sea. I loved you when you were empty, When you couldn’t believe in me. I never needed you perfect, Never needed a life of gold. I just wanted you beside me When the Florida nights got cold. You called me jealous, called me heavy, Said my love was too much to hold. I loved you through the damage, Then you left me in the cold. [Bridge] Maybe I was never too much, Maybe you were simply too gone. Still fighting wars with your father, Still dancing with the women before. I wasn’t the girl who betrayed you, I wasn’t the hand that made you afraid. But I paid for every heartbreak That another woman gave. You learned to run when love got closer, You learned to leave before the fall. And when I finally asked you to stay, You couldn’t stay at all. [Final Chorus] I loved you through the damage, Loved the sinner and the saint. Loved the boy behind the bad man, Loved you through every mistake. I would’ve stayed through the winter, Through the sickness, through the scars. I would’ve kissed your broken halo Underneath those Florida stars. But love can’t save a man from himself, And I can’t carry you anymore. So take your ghosts and take your darkness, Take your heart and close the door. [Outro] You thought I was too much. I thought I wasn’t enough. Funny how the girl who loved you Was the one you couldn’t love. I would’ve given you forever, You couldn’t give me one more day. I loved you through the damage, baby— But I won’t love myself away.
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