Hiding cigarettes with some cheap cologne
Holding on to air to not be alone
I’d bring you home too late from a show
Back seat of a car on the side of the road

I gave you love
Then I took it back
It was too hard
To live on like that

Your mother made it clear
That I should stay away
If we should go on
She threatened restraint
We were like spies, hiding from sight
I couldn’t take the lies
I knew it wasn’t right

I gave you love
Then I took it back
It was too hard
To live on like that

How could I tell how it made me feel today
They’ll never know that they took so much away

I gave you love
Then I took it back
It was too hard
To live on like that

I gave you love
Then I took it back
It was too hard
To live on like that