You Don’t Get To Break Her - Hiko

Hiko’s anger belongs to someone else’s pain. Loving Hann means learning that protection cannot always mean fixing things. Discover Hiko’s story → ThisIsHiko.com Lyrics (written by Marie & Rin): Verse 1 She said your name like sunlight Like maybe this time would be right I watched her count the days Like every hour could erase Everything you left behind Every silence, every night And I believed it too Because she smiled when she talked about you Pre-Chorus So tell me what was all that for? Why come back just to find the door And leave her standing there again Trying not to call it pain? Chorus You don’t get to break her Then walk away clean You don’t get to make her Believe in what could have been You don’t get to leave her Holding all your weight And call it your decision Like she should just be okay You never did a thing to me So why can’t I let this be? Why do I want to scream your name? Why does her hurt feel like my rage? Verse 2 She says, “It’s complicated” Like that makes it hurt less Like love can somehow justify Cleaning up your mess And I don’t understand it How she can still defend you How she can say she misses you After what you put her through Pre-Chorus I want to tell her, “Let him go” I want to make the answer simple But she looks at me and says “You don’t get to choose that for me” Chorus You don’t get to break her Then walk away clean You don’t get to make her Believe in what could have been You don’t get to leave her Holding all your weight And call it your decision Like she should just be okay You never did a thing to me So why can’t I let this be? Why do I want to scream your name? Why does her hurt feel like my rage? Bridge I thought protecting meant Standing in the way Keeping every sharp thing Far enough away I thought loving someone meant I had to make it right But maybe I can’t fight her battles Maybe I just stay tonight And I hate that I can’t fix it I hate that you can leave I hate that she still loves you I hate that I believe Some part of her will wait for you Every time a door swings wide And I hate you most because I know she’ll hope Before she remembers why she cried Final Chorus You don’t get to break her And make me watch her fall You don’t get to come back If coming back means nothing at all You don’t get to leave her And still live in her heart But maybe loving someone Doesn’t mean tearing you apart You never did a thing to me And now I finally understand I’m angry 'cause I love her And I can’t protect her from this pain So I won’t chase you down I won’t decide what she should do I’ll just stay here beside her While she’s learning to lose you Outro You left. I stayed. Maybe that’s what love Was asking me to do.