Before I knew

[Verse 1]
I still remember when I saw you
Walking hand in hand at the county fair
I waved to you from a distance
Walked away pretending I don't care
But that night when I went home
I cried till my eyes were tired
Laid down and then I cried myself to sleep
Cause the only thing that hurts
More than knowing I'm alone
Is knowing you're not crying over me

[Chorus]
Before I knew you didn't love me
Life was happy, it was kind
But now I know that you don't love me
I'm unhappy all the time

[Verse 2]
I still wear the watch you gave me
To remind me what went on
But it's adding up the seconds since
The moment you've been gone
After all the lonely minutes
I still hold the memories
Of how it felt before I knew
You didn't love me

[Verse 3]
So I don't go back to the places
We would meet when you would come in town
Cause I can't bear to hear the question
Where have you been, we ain't seen you around
As I'm thumbing through the pictures
We took there together
It always serves to cause me so much pain
Cause I was looking forward
Staring at the future
And you were always glancing out afraid

[Chorus]
Before I knew you didn't love me
Life was happy, it was kind
But now I know that you don't love me
And I'm unhappy all the time

[Verse 4]
I still listen to the voicemails of you singing on my phone
Now all my favorite love songs just remind me I'm alone
When I put on those records
I don't hear your harmony
Like I did before I knew you didn't love me
But honey I've got a problem
That I hardly understand
How I held you in the middle of my heart
And now I never even hold your hand

[Chorus]
Before I knew you didn't love me
Life was happy, it was kind
But now I know that you don't love me
I'm unhappy all the time

Since the day that I first met you
You've been steady on my mind
So I lost my sense of purpose
On the day you said goodbye
If I can't learn to live without you
Then I'm always gonna be
Empty in the middle of the world
Where you ain't ever gonna love me