[Intro] I was very fortunate in romance, Many men wish they could get even one chance, But I never saw what I had til too late, I've crushed so many hearts underneath my weight. [Verse I] My first relationship is where it all begins, She wasn't a person to me, just proof that I could win. I wanted to prove I wasn't a loser so bad, That I didn't care whether she was happy or sad. Pure manipulation, it was all a facade, When I was done, I tossed her aside with no regard. I didn't look back, didn't care if she cried, But even then I still felt something empty inside. [Chorus] I break what I hold, then mourn what I made, I promise I'll change, but the scars never fade, I keep loving wrong til the lesson takes its shape, I'm a heartbreaker - and I'm learning too late. [Verse II] If karma is a bitch, then I'm her twin brother, Because in my next relationship all I did was smother, I got the chance to try to make it with a childhood friend, And in trying to control things I brought it to its end. I was still quite young and mistook obsession for care, Didn't give her any room, not even just for air. It was a well-deserved lesson in humility When she finally cut me off for some peace and tranquility. [Chorus] I break what I hold, then mourn what I made, I promise I'll change, but the scars never fade, I keep loving wrong til the lesson takes its shape, I'm a heartbreaker - and I'm learning too late. [Bridge] I became addicted to love and praise, But I didn't understand how to reciprocate. Being alone drove me mad with fear, As if no one held me, I would disappear. When another girl walked out one day, I finally awoke, I realized that inside of me something must have broke. [Verse III] I overcorrected hard with the next girl, I showered her with love and made her into my world, I made sure that she knew she was always on my brain, I had called it effort, but she had called it chains. The effort I pumped in got diminishing returns, Until she became detached and I was fully burned. I was too burnt out to hear her breakup in person, The whole thing collapsed under expectations. [Verse IV] The next interest I had had been interested for longer, But I had always pushed her aside, how I had wronged her, I decided it was time to finally give her stay, Only to hear that she no longer felt that way. For years I had known but was looking somwhere else, While she hung onto a hope that she knew was false, And like the jackass I was, when I finally posed, I had seen the light after the door already closed. [Chorus] I break what I hold, then mourn what I made, I promise I'll change, but the scars never fade, I keep loving wrong til the lesson takes its shape, I'm a heartbreaker - and I'm learning too late. [Outro] I was imperfect, I was young, I was wrong, I blew a lot of chances but it made me strong. Now I have grown and can keep myself in check, I was the storm and the ship and the wreck.
