If We Weren't Us

We light the match and then curse the flame

We pull too close, then shift the blame

You love like a war, and I fight just to feel

But somehow this chaos still feels real

You say you're done, but you never leave

I build a wall, then beg you to believe

It's not love, it's something worse

But baby, we were magic before the hurt

We're gasoline and open fire

But God, the spark still takes me higher

If we weren't us, we'd be perfect

If we weren't broken, we'd be worth it

If timing wasn't cruel

If pain didn't rule

We'd be something close to true love

If we weren't us

I know your heart, I just hate your ways

And you say I'm kind, but you push me away

We've both been raised in storms and shame

So we drown each other just to feel safe

We heal, then hurt, then start again

Like we don't know how not to end

If we weren't us, we'd be perfect

If we weren't broken, we'd be worth it

If timing wasn't cruel

If pain didn't rule

We'd be something close to true love

If we weren't us

It's not that we don't feel

It's that we feel too much

We ruin everything

Just to prove it's love

If we weren't us, we'd be heaven

But we're the kind that never learns their lesson

If wounds could heal

And fate would kneel

We'd be the story they all write of

But we're just us