Broken First

[Verse 1]
I used to flinch at love
Like it owed me debt
Little me in the backseat
Holding every breath

First crush, first cut
Same cold lesson learned
If I touched it gently
Why'd it still get burned?

[Pre-Chorus]
So I wore my armor thin
Called it being strong
But every door I closed
Was a wound all along

[Chorus]
Maybe I broke first
Maybe I broke first
Heart for a heart
That's how it rehearsed
Maybe I broke first
(Yeah, I broke first)
All the ones I hurt
Were hurt before I hurt

[Verse 2]
Your name still hits me
Like glass in the sink
I can trace the pattern
If I really think

Daddy's silence
Mama's tears at night
I learned to leave before
Anybody left my sight

[Pre-Chorus]
Now I see the chain
Rattling in my hand
Every little goodbye
From a younger man

[Chorus]
Maybe I broke first
Maybe I broke first
Heart for a heart
That's how it rehearsed
Maybe I broke first
(Yeah, I broke first)
All the ones I hurt
Were hurt before I hurt

[Bridge]
I'm not proud of the wreckage
I'm just naming the truth
Somewhere in that young pain
I got mean before proof

But I can hold the mirror
I can meet my shame
If love is where it starts
Then love can break the chain

[Final Chorus]
Maybe I broke first
Maybe I broke first
Heart for a heart
That's how it rehearsed
Maybe I broke first
(Yeah, I broke first)
All the ones I hurt
Were hurt before I hurt

Maybe I broke first
Maybe I broke first
I can learn better
I can learn to learn first
Maybe I broke first
(Yeah, I broke first)
Now I let it heal
Where it used to hurt