[Verse 1] Years of being chosen wrong Years of looking past my face I built my life on work and home And kept my heart in safer place I stopped meeting new people Stopped hoping for my turn Then you came like a wild door And I let myself burn [Pre-Chorus] You said my name like truth You looked at me like home I felt a door unlatch in me For the first time, I was known [Chorus] You love me, but not in love You say it soft, it cuts so deep You love me, but not in love And I can’t stay half asleep When you turn away I feel that break You love me, but not in love And I’m losing what I made [Verse 2] For six months, I held your world Even from so far away Every time you came back to me You were partly gone that day You looked around the room Like I was only almost there My heart would reach for your hand But you were breathing somewhere else in the air [Pre-Chorus] When I asked for more than crumbs You called my love too loud But love should not feel lonely Even with a crowd [Chorus] You love me, but not in love You say it soft, it cuts so deep You love me, but not in love And I can’t stay half asleep When you turn away I feel that break You love me, but not in love And I’m losing what I made [Bridge] I wanted forever Not a room with no flame I wanted your whole heart Not the shape of your name If I keep on reaching And you keep on slipping through Tell me, do I stay and bleed Or walk away from you? [Final Chorus] You love me, but not in love I heard it clear, I heard it true You love me, but not in love So what am I supposed to do? When you turn away I feel that break You love me, but not in love And I can’t live on half a place
