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
 
  
  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, yeah
  
 
 We'd always go into it blindly
 
 I needed to lose you to find me
 
 This dancing was killing me softly
  
 
 I needed to hate you to love me, yeah
 
 To love, love, yeah
 
 To love, love, yeah
 
 To love, yeah
  
 
 I needed to lose you to love me, yeah
 
 To love, love, yeah
 
 To love, love, yeah
 
 To love, yeah
 
 I needed to lose you to love me
  
 
 I gave my all and they all know it
 
 You turned me down and now it's showing
 
 In two months, you replaced us
 
 Like it was easy
 
 Made me think I deserved it
 
 In the thick of healing, yeah
  
 
 We'd always go into it blindly
 
 I needed to lose you to find me
 
 This dancing was killing me softly
  
 
 I needed to hate you to love me, yeah
 
 To love, love, yeah
 
 To love, love, yeah
 
 To love, yeah
  
 
 I needed to hate you to love me, yeah
 
 To love, love, yeah
 
 To love, love, yeah
 
 To love, yeah
 
 I needed to hate you to love me