You promised the world and I fell for it
I put you first and you adored it
Set fires to my forest
And you let it burn
Sang off-key in my chorus
'Cause it wasn't yours
Mmm
I saw the signs and I ignored it
Rose-colored glasses all distorted
Set fire to my purpose
And I let it burn
You got off on the hurtin'
When it wasn't yours, yea
We'd always go into it blindly
I needed to lose you to find me
This dancin' was killin' me softly
I needed to hate you to love me
To love, love, yea
To love, love, yea
To love, yea
I needed to lose you to love me
To love, love, yea
To love, love, yea
To love, yea
I needed to lose you to love me
I gave my all and they all know it
Then you tore me down and now it's showin'
In two months, you replaced us
Like it was easy
Made me think I deserved it
In the thick of healing, yea
We'd always go into it blindly
I needed to lose you to find me
This dancin' was killin' me softly
I needed to hate you to love me
To love, love, yea
To love, love, yea
To love, yea
I needed to lose you to love me
To love, love, yea
To love, love, yea
To love, yea
I needed to lose you to love me
You promised the world and I fell for it
I put you first and you adored it
Set fires to my forest
And you let it burn
Sang off-key in my chorus
We'd always go into it blindly
I needed to lose you to find me
This dancin' was killin' me softly
I needed to hate you to love me, ohh
Ohh, ohh
To love, love, yea
To love, love, yea
To love, yea
I needed to hate you to love me
To love, love, yea
To love, love, yea
Ohh
I needed to lose you to love me
To love, love, yea
To love, love, yea
To love, yea
I needed to lose you to love me
To love, love
To love, love
To love, love
I needed to lose you to love me
To love, love
To love, love
To love, love, yea
To love, love, yea
To love, yea
I needed to lose you to love me
Lose you to love me