Love After You

Leave it to me
I just can’t make it easy
I open and they walk in
They’re nothing like you
Oh, but the damage they’ll do
Is gonna rip me a new one instead

And nobody warned me it’d hurt so bad
Loving again when I thought you had me
Moving on and starting anew

Love after you
Is like a kick in the chest from the inside
Laughing then crying all night
Guess you get what you ask for, oh
Love after you
Is a weight that I can’t get away from
A melody I can’t hum to
Asking something I can’t choose
Did I ever really love you? 

I was so sure, it’d feel like before
A livable, laugh it off ache
Something I can live with
But I’m tossing and turning 
I’m hurting and yearning
What did I do to deserve this?

Nobody warned me it’d hurt so bad
Loving again when I thought you had me
Moving on and starting anew

Love after you
Is like a kick in the chest from the inside
Laughing then crying all night
Guess you get what you ask for, oh
Love after you
Is a weight that I can’t get away from
A melody I can’t hum to
Asking something I can’t choose

Your love was something I could live without before
If love was even what we had
I didn’t know what I was asking for
If this is love please take it back

Love after you
A miracle that’s dying out
Every stupid poem you would write about
Is laughing in my hands
Love after you
A wound I don’t wanna waste
Praying I don’t make the same mistakes
But I already have

Love after you
Is like a kick in the chest from the inside
Laughing then crying all night
Guess you get what you ask for, oh
Love after you
Is a weight that I can’t get away from
A melody I can’t hum to
Asking something I can’t choose
Did I ever really love you?