Let the Hurt End Here

[Verse 1]
You slammed the door before the words could land
Your coffee shook inside your paper cup
I saw the old hurt tighten in your jaw
And all the names you swallowed coming up

[Pre-Chorus]
Who taught your hands to make a wall?
Who left you standing there alone?
I won't excuse the wound you deal
But I can ask what made it grow

[Chorus]
Tell me where it hurts, I’ll stay and listen
We can turn the blade away from someone’s skin
You don’t have to pass the pain along
Let the hurt end here, let the heart begin
Tell me where it hurts, don’t hide the reason
We can break the chain before it pulls again
I can see the fear beneath your anger
Let the hurt end here, let the heart begin

[Verse 2]
You learned to laugh when someone lost their place
You learned to strike before they saw you flinch
But I remember you at seventeen
With both your shoes outside the house at dawn

[Pre-Chorus]
Who gave you silence for a name?
Who made you earn the right to breathe?
I won't pretend the damage isn't real
But there's another way to leave

[Chorus]
Tell me where it hurts, I’ll stay and listen
We can turn the blade away from someone’s skin
You don’t have to pass the pain along
Let the hurt end here, let the heart begin
Tell me where it hurts, don’t hide the reason
We can break the chain before it pulls again
I can see the fear beneath your anger
Let the hurt end here, let the heart begin

[Bridge]
No clean hands, no perfect answers
Just a chair pulled close, a door left wide
Say the thing you couldn’t say then
I’ll hear you out; we’ll take it one breath at a time

[Final Chorus]
Tell me where it hurts, I’ll stay and listen
We can turn the blade away from someone’s skin
You don’t have to pass the pain along
Let the hurt end here, let the heart begin
Tell me where it hurts, don’t hide the reason
We can break the chain before it pulls again
I can see the fear beneath your anger
Let the hurt end here, let the heart begin
Let the hurt end here
Let the heart begin

[Outro]
Let it end here
Let the heart begin