Kelly Clarkson - Afraid To Love Again (Lyrics)

Kelly Clarkson - Afraid To Love Again (Lyrics) LYRICS: AFRAID TO LOVE AGAIN [Intro – Soft Piano] I learned to keep the lights on Even when I sleep I learned that every promise Is something you don't keep [Verse 1] I used to run toward open arms Never wondering where they'd lead I gave away my trust so easily Before you taught my heart to bleed Now every time somebody gets too close I find a reason to pull away I hear the echoes of the words you said Like they were spoken yesterday [Pre-Chorus] I know you're gone But somehow you're still here Living in every doubt Living in every fear [Chorus] Now I'm afraid to love again Afraid to let somebody in I build these walls so high Then wonder why I'm standing here alone I'm afraid to close my eyes 'Cause every memory comes alive You left, but what you put me through Still follows everything I do I wish I knew How to stop being afraid Of loving someone new [Verse 2] He doesn't raise his voice at me He doesn't disappear at night He tells me I can trust his hands But trusting doesn't feel right And when he says he'll never walk away A part of me wants to believe But another part remembers how Forever turned into "please leave" [Pre-Chorus] It's not his words That make me want to run It's all the damage That was already done [Chorus] Now I'm afraid to love again Afraid to let somebody in I build these walls so high Then wonder why I'm standing here alone I'm afraid to close my eyes 'Cause every memory comes alive You left, but what you put me through Still follows everything I do I wish I knew How to stop being afraid Of loving someone new [Bridge – Piano, Building Slowly] I don't want to spend my whole life Paying for the past I don't want your goodbye To be the only thing that lasts Maybe love is not the enemy Maybe I survived enough Maybe healing doesn't mean forgetting Maybe healing means I trust Oh, I want to trust... [Final Chorus – Full Band, Powerful Vocal] I don't wanna fear love again I wanna let somebody in I'm tired of these walls I'm tired of losing Before anything begins And when the memories come alive I won't let them control my life You may have changed the way I loved But you won't take away my heart I'm letting go Of everything you left behind I'm learning how To leave your shadow out of mine [Final Refrain] I was afraid to love again Afraid to let somebody in But maybe I can finally see Your memory doesn't own me [Outro – Soft Piano] So if love comes I'll let it stay I won't let yesterday Take tomorrow away...