My Sweetest Lesson

I met you like the night had opened up the sky Like the city lost its lights just to let your face shine bright You walked into my life as easy as a midnight breeze And i thought that it was love, not just something that you’d need Your hands on me still burned like spring beneath my skin I kept losing who i was, but i would let you pull me in You looked at me so softly, i forgot the world i knew I had no idea your warmth was hiding something untrue And i loved her, loved her, loved her till it shook me to the bone She was my hold on tight, my sweetest tremble when i’m gone And i loved her, loved her, loved her, never saw the danger there But all she wanted was the money and the cold in strangers’ hands And i loved her, loved her, loved her like you only do one time She looked straight into my heart, but only saw her chance to rise We were walking through the night where the streetlights lit up dreams That were dying deep inside You were holding on to me and in that moment i believed The emptiness would never arrive Then the warmth inside your messages faded slowly into smoke That’s the moment that i realized just how far from me you’d gone You were chasing after places full of glamour, fame, and light Where they measure love in status, not in what a heart can give And i loved her, loved her, loved her till it shook me to the bone She was my hold on tight, my sweetest tremble when i’m gone And i loved her, loved her, loved her, never saw the danger there But all she wanted was the money and the cold in strangers’ hands And i loved her, loved her, loved her like you only do one time She looked straight into my heart, but only saw her chance to rise Now in the silence i am learning not to call your name again You were once my open heaven, now you’re just a distant tide I won’t ever regret the way i burned for you with nothing left It’s just pain has taught me clearly not all tenderness is real And i loved her, loved her, loved her till it shook me to the bone She was my hold on tight, my sweetest tremble when i’m gone And i loved her, loved her, loved her till my very final breath She was once my spring forever, but she turned into a lesson