Hard to Love Someone

Intro

Oh-oh, oh-oh, ah-ah-ah

Yeah, yeah, uh-huh (alright)

Verse

I learn the shape of your laugh, the way your eyes slide right past me

I keep a map of little things that you don't even see

You tell me stories like I'm fire, I burn for every line

But you're reading different pages, and I'm stuck between the lines

Pre-chorus

I hold my breath when you walk in (hold it)

I practice being brave but I cave again (I cave)

I give you all my colors, you don't paint with them back

So I keep smiling in the dark, pretending I don't crack

Chorus

It's hard to love someone when they don't love you back, whoa

It's hard to stay close when you're always slipping past, whoa

I sing your name like a hymn, then swallow it down, uh-huh

It's hard to love someone when they don't love you back

It's hard to love someone when they don't love you back, yeah

Verse

You send me pictures of mornings, I save them in my phone

I trace the edges of your voice like it's the only home

I memorize your silence, I answer all your calls

I build a sky from maybe's and watch it crumble on the walls

Pre-chorus

I rehearse a thousand futures (I rehearse)

But every time you leave, the rehearsal burns to dust (burns to dust)

I give you all my Sunday, you spend it on the road

I'm learning how to hold on and learning how to let go

Chorus

It's hard to love someone when they don't love you back, whoa

It's hard to stay close when you're always slipping past, whoa

I sing your name like a hymn, then swallow it down, uh-huh

It's hard to love someone when they don't love you back

It's hard to love someone when they don't love you back, yeah

Bridge

Maybe one day I'll wake up and my hands won't reach for you

Maybe one day the silence won't feel like a bruise

I won't keep calling out your name like it's a lifeline (no)

I'll teach my heart new songs, I'll find a better rhyme

Na-na-na, na-na-na, oh-oh

Chorus

It's hard to love someone when they don't love you back, whoa

It's hard to stay close when you're always slipping past, whoa

I sing your name like a hymn, then swallow it down, uh-huh

It's hard to love someone when they don't love you back

It's hard to love someone when they don't love you back, yeah

Outro

Oh-oh, oh-oh (let me go)

Na-na-na, na-na-na