Breaking Hearts The Hard Way

[Verse 1]
You coulda packed everything and left me and us in a dust cloud
And I woulda drank you away 'til you're just something I write songs about

[Pre-Chorus]
Yeah we both would have moved on
Yeah we both woulda been fine
Yeah we both would've lived to love another day

[Chorus]
But we had to go breaking hearts the hard way
Trying to fake a feeling that a heart can't
Acting like the whole damn house ain't coming down
When it's already up in flames
Coulda left it at a clean break
So I guess we're both to blame
'Cause we both stayed
Had to go breaking hearts the hard way
Had to go breaking hearts the hard way

[Verse 2]
Would've been better off hitting pride with sticks and stones
And cutting them stitches outta all that holding on

[Pre-Chorus]
Yeah but we both were scared too
Yeah we both shoulda saw that
Yeah we both should've had more than all of that nothing to say

[Chorus]
But we had to go breaking hearts the hard way
Trying to fake a feeling that a heart can't
Acting like the whole damn house ain't coming down
When it's already up in flames
Coulda left it at a clean break
So I guess we're both to blame
'Cause we both stayed
Had to go breaking hearts the hard way

[Bridge]
Honey I think
There's a whole lot of past and some pain we probably changed

[Chorus]
But we had to go breaking hearts the hard way
Trying fake a feeling that a heart can't
Acting like the whole damn house ain't coming down
When it's already up in flames
Coulda left it at a clean break
So I guess we're both to blame
And we both stayed
Had to go breaking hearts the hard way
We had to go breaking hearts the hard way