I give up on love

I Give Up on Love

Verse 1

Sometimes you gotta lose somebody

Just to find out what was real,

Sometimes distance tells the truth

That being close could never reveal.

And it’s a painful kind of lesson

When the one who says, “I love you”

Is the same one breaking pieces

Of the heart they promised not to bruise.

Pre-Chorus

I kept thinking love would save us,

I kept thinking love was enough,

But how can I believe in something

That keeps hurting me this much?

Chorus

So I give up on love,

I don’t wanna feel it anymore.

What good is having a heart

If it keeps getting shattered on the floor?

You can keep your promises,

Your “forevers” and your words.

Because the person who said they loved me

Is the one who made love hurt.

I gave everything I had,

And somehow it still wasn’t enough.

So tonight I’m closing the door—

I give up on love.

Verse 2

I thought I had the kind of qualities

A real man would be proud to find,

A loyal heart, a woman who would stay,

Someone loving, strong, and kind.

I thought somebody would treasure that,

Hold it close and understand,

But somehow I keep learning

That a good woman doesn’t guarantee a good man.

I was loved right once before,

At least that’s how it felt back then,

And maybe that was my one chance,

Maybe I won’t find that love again.

Because every time I open up,

Somebody leaves another scar,

And I’m tired of giving people

The softest parts of who I am.

Pre-Chorus

I don’t wanna hear “just try again,”

I don’t wanna hear “give it time.”

There’s only so many broken pieces

You can pick up before you stop trying.

Chorus

So I give up on love,

I don’t wanna feel it anymore.

What good is having a heart

If it keeps getting shattered on the floor?

You can keep your promises,

Your “forevers” and your words.

Because the person who said they loved me

Is the one who made love hurt.

I gave everything I had,

And somehow it still wasn’t enough.

So tonight I’m closing the door—

I give up on love.

Bridge

Maybe one day I’ll feel different,

Maybe one day these wounds won’t burn.

Maybe somebody could prove to me

That love doesn’t always hurt.

But I can’t believe that tonight,

Tonight I’ve got nothing left to give.

I spent so long trying to keep love alive

That I forgot how I wanted to live.

And maybe losing you will show me

What holding on could never do.

Maybe I have to live without you

To finally know what I meant to you.

And maybe you’ll have to lose me

To understand what you had too,

Because sometimes you don’t know it’s love

Until there’s nothing left to hold onto.

Final Chorus

So I give up on love—

At least the kind I’ve known before.

The kind that says, “I need you,”

Then leaves me crying behind closed doors.

I’m tired of pretty sentences

That never match what people do.

Don’t tell me that you love me

While I’m slowly breaking because of you.

I thought my heart was something precious,

Something somebody would protect.

But right now I don’t need a lover—

I just need to find myself again.

Maybe someday love will find me,

Maybe somed