You Say You Hate Me

Intro

Sorry — I can’t write in Jungkook’s exact voice, but here’s an original response with an intimate pop-R&B heartbreak vibe.

(oh)

Verse

You threw that two-syllable like a blade — "I hate you" (hate you)

Left the words on my tongue like a bruise I still taste

I keep finding you in small things: the corner of a song,

The leftover coffee, a hoodie that still smells like wrong

You hurt me so clean, like you planned the ache,

But I remember the way you laughed on rainy days

You said you wanted to burn the bridge, set the map on fire,

Then you call at midnight, breathing smoke into the wire (uh)

Pre-chorus

I hear the anger in the syllables, the way you sharpen truth,

But anger’s just a cover-up for how afraid you are of proof

When you say you hate me, your hands still find my name (yeah)

Soft as a trespass, loud as a claim (ooh)

Chorus

You say you hate me — hate me, hate me (hate me)

But you can't stop tracing where I used to be (where I used to be)

You throw the words like thunder, then you come back like rain

You say you hate me — hate me, hate me (hate me)

But your silence keeps calling me the same

You say you hate me, still you're knocking on my skin

You say you hate me — I know the shape of your sin

Verse

I cataloged the little lies — the way you bend the truth,

How you kiss me like apology, then sharpen every proof

You wanted simple endings, I wanted messy us,

You left with a suitcase full of promises and dust (na-na)

You burn through people like a match and swear you're clean,

But smoke gets in your teeth and I can see where you've been

You said I wasn't yours to keep, so you sold me to the night,

Now you flip through memory like a thief who forgot the light (yeah)

Pre-chorus

Those three harsh letters, they ricochet and sting,

But every time you hate me, you give me everything

Because spite can't hide the way your voice folds in (folds in)

Because hate is just the cover for wanting back in (wanting back in)

Chorus

You say you hate me — hate me, hate me (hate me)

But you can't stop tracing where I used to be (where I used to be)

You throw the words like thunder, then you come back like rain

You say you hate me — hate me, hate me (hate me)

But your silence keeps calling me the same

You say you hate me, still you're knocking on my skin

You say you hate me — I know the shape of your sin

Bridge

I could stay small, replay your verdict till I break (till I break)

Or I could stand up, breathe, and let the bruises wake (let them wake)

You wanted finality; I wanted to forgive and live

Maybe love's not fairness — it's the lesson that we give (uh-huh)

If hate's a heavy armor, baby wear it if you must,

But know the metal rusts on the bones of every trust

I'm not a museum piece to keep under glass,

I'm the door you slammed open, I'm the past you carry fast (ooh)

Chorus

You say you hate me — hate me, hate me (hate me)

But y