I know what it feels like to stand on the other side, to need a little mercy and get judgment in reply. I know how words can follow you, how cold a heart can be. So when I see somebody hurting, I remember what hurt did to me. Pre-Chorus And I could give the pain back, I could make somebody pay. But every wound I carried showed me another way. Chorus Hate taught me how to love, pain taught me how to care. Every time somebody broke me, I learned how not to break somebody there. Hate taught me how to love, not because my heart was weak. I just became the kind of person I once needed someone else to be. Verse 2 When I see someone standing where I once stood before, I don't want to throw another stone, I don't want to close the door. Maybe they made a bad choice, maybe they lost their way. But I know how much a little grace can change somebody's day. Pre-Chorus I don't have to call it justice just because I make them bleed. Sometimes strength is giving others what nobody gave to me. Chorus Hate taught me how to love, pain taught me how to care. Every time somebody broke me, I learned how not to break somebody there. Hate taught me how to love, not because my heart was weak. I just became the kind of person I once needed someone else to be. Bridge I won't become the hands that hurt me. I won't become the voice that said I wasn't worth compassion when I needed it instead. I can remember every scar without becoming what caused it. I can look at what they gave me and choose not to pass it on. Final Chorus Hate taught me how to love, and cruelty taught me grace. Every wound became a lesson I refused to give away. Hate taught me how to love, to forgive without forgetting me. I became the kind of person I once prayed the world would be. Outro What hurt me will not become me. Hate taught me how to love.
