I Hope You Meant It

[Verse 1] You knew exactly where to aim No hesitation in your eyes You found the one thing I still guarded And held it up beneath the light Then when the room went quiet And you saw what you had done You reached for those four little words Like they could make me numb [Chorus] I hope you meant it God, I hope you did Because if that was just a weapon You chose the cruelest one to hit I hope you meant it Every syllable, every bit 'Cause I can learn to live with knowing That's the way you really think But if you didn't mean it You only wanted me to break And I don't know Which one is worse to take [Verse 2] Don't tell me anger made you say it Anger doesn't know my scars You had to know exactly where they were To cut that deep and hard Don't tell me people say things When they're hurt and lose control You didn't throw your words like punches You placed them where they'd hurt the most [Chorus] I hope you meant it God, I hope you did Because if that was just a weapon You chose the cruelest one to hit I hope you meant it Every syllable, every bit 'Cause I can learn to live with knowing That's the way you really think But if you didn't mean it You only wanted me to break And I don't know Which one is worse to take [Bridge] If it was true Then now I know you If it was false Then now I know you too That's the funny thing about apologies They can't decide which version I should lose The one who believed you loved me Or the one who believed you were kind So don't take it back Pick one And look me in the eyes [Final Chorus] I hope you meant it I really hope you did Let it be the ugly truth You kept beneath your skin I hope you meant it Don't soften it for me Truth can hurt like hell But cruelty is something else entirely If you meant it I can leave with what I know If you didn't Then there's nowhere left to go So keep your apology Keep your convenient regret You said what you said I just hope You meant it [End]