(Verse)

There is not a single word in the whole world

That could describe the hurt

The dullest knife just sawing back and forth, 

And ripping through the softest skin there ever was



(Pre-Chorus)

How were you to know?

Oh how were you to know?



(Chorus x2)

And I, I hate to see your heart break

I hate to see your eyes get darker as they close

But I’ve been there before



(Verse)

Love, happens all the time

To people who aren’t kind

And heroes who are blind

Expecting perfect scripted movie scenes

But what’s an awkward silence mystery?



(Pre-Chorus)

How were you to know?

Oh how were you to know?



(Chorus x2)

And I, I hate to see your heart break

I hate to see your eyes get darker as they close

But I’ve been there before



(Bridge)

For all the air that’s in your lungs

For all the joy that is to come

For all the things that you’re alive to feel

Just let the pain remind you hearts can heal

Oh how were you to know?

Oh how were you to know?



(Chorus x2)

And I, I hate to see your heart break

I hate to see your eyes get darker as they close

But I’ve been there before