Butterflies
Gabbie Hanna Lyrics

I knew who you were from the start
I was well aware of your personality right from the beginning

I just hoped you'd prove me wrong
Even though I knew about you, I hoped that you'd prove me wrong in a good way

I could spend all year just letting down my guard
I could've spent a long time just developing trust towards you, but I didn't

While you're stringing me along
During this time, you were using me for your own ends

Gave it our best shot but we just missed the mark
We both tried to make it work but it just wasn't meant to be

Sad to say, our love is gone
It's disheartening to accept that our love is over

I could spend all day just picking you apart
I could criticize you all day long but it wouldn't lead to any positive results

But instead I'll write a song
So, I decided to write a song to express my feelings

It'll go, ooh, ooh
It will have background chants of 'ooh, ooh'

Said I wouldn't date for a while
I had made up my mind to take a break from dating for some time

Still I couldn't help but flirt
But I found myself flirting with you anyway

From the day I kissed your smile
Right after the day I first kissed you

I thought, "This is gonna hurt"
I knew this would end up being painful for me

This is gonna hurt, this is gonna hurt (gonna hurt)
I'll end up getting hurt no matter what

Gave it all we can, it'll never work (never work)
We tried our best to make it work, but it was never meant to be

Beware of butterflies, they'll break your heart
Be cautious of falling in love suddenly because it could break your heart

Told me you'd never been in love
You once told me that you had never been in love before

Thought that I could be the exception
I thought that maybe, just maybe, I could be different and make you fall in love with me

It was too much to ask of you
But in reality, it was too much to ask of you to fall in love with me

I guess I learned my lesson
I learned that I shouldn't have invested so much of myself in this relationship

I'm bracin' for impact, leave my heart intact
I'm preparing myself to face the outcome without getting my heart broken

I wish you never came around
I regret ever getting involved with you

New situation with low expectations
I wanted to try again with someone new, but this time, with lower expectations

You still manage to let me down
But even then, you ended up letting me down

But if I knew from the start
If only I had known how things would turn out from the beginning

Why would I give this a try?
Then why would I have even bothered to try and make things work?

Maybe I like to hurt sometimes
Maybe I am used to getting hurt in love, and that's why I keep doing it