Misc Originals - Reggie sprague - not again

She ^Emsaid it real low, like rain on ^Ctin ^GThree little words that should’ve felt like a ^Dadd9win But my ^Emchest got tight, and my hands went cold Like a ^Cghost had whispered from ^Gyears ago^Dadd9

I’d ^Emheard that line in candlelit tones From ^Clips that kissed then turned to stone ^GEach one swore they’d stay for good And ^Dadd9left me bleeding where I stood

When she said “I ^Clove you”, my heart dropped ^Glow Not from any doubt in ^Dadd9her, but from the hurt it ^Emknows It’s ^Dsus2what I ^Cneeded, but I won’t let it ^Gshow Cause it cut to the ^Dadd9pain I had buried below My heart sure ain’t ^Cweak, but it’s scarred and ^Gsore And every “I ^Dadd9love you” has walked out the ^Emdoor A ^Dsus2soft heart, ^Cworn and cold, whispered ^Dadd9low, “not again”

There’s a ^Emlot of me that wants to believe She ^Cmight be the one who won’t ever leave But un^Gtended wounds don’t mend just right And ^Dadd9fear don’t care that there’s moonlight in her eyes

When she said, “I ^Clove you”, it felt like ^Gsin To brace for the ^Dadd9ending before it be^Emgins I ^Dsus2held her ^Cclose, but was looking a^Gway Thinking of ^Dadd9how she’d be leaving one day So I bit my ^Ctongue and I clenched my ^Gjaw Felt a pull from the ^Dadd9past like a slow, steady ^Emdraw A ^Dsus2guarded soul, ^Cbruised and bold, murmured ^Dadd9low, “not again”

I ^Emlooked in her eyes, and it shattered my doubt I had ^Cfeelings for her, so there was no way out But ^Gloving her back meant the past would bleed through And the ^Dadd9truth that cut deepest came sudden and true She’d ^Cbreak when I broke, and ^Gthat much I knew And the ^Emthought of her pain was something ^Dadd9I couldn’t do

When I said, “I ^Clove you”, it tore me a^Gpart Felt the words ring ^Dadd9true in the depths of my ^Emheart But I’d ^Dsus2seen how it ^Cends, like I always ^Gdo And I knew she’d be ^Dadd9hurt just for loving me too So I kissed her ^Csoftly, no fire, no ^Gflame Then rode out a^Dadd9lone, the same way I ^Emcame A lonely ^Dsus2man, torn and ^Ctrue, grumbled ^Dadd9low, “not again”