"I Love You, But" lyrics

It's your birthday
Wonder if you got my card
I sent you flowers
Celebrate you from afar
'Cause I can't be there
If I was I would have
Made it special
'Cause you deserve the world

Why do breakups
Have to always break you too?
Is there a future
Where I'm over you?

I love you but we just can't speak
I love you but it's what we need
I love you but we have to heal
I love you, I love you

I love you but I set you free
I love you and I hope you see
A world where you come back to me
I love you, I love you

But I know it's for the best
'Cause right now if I see you or hear something about you, it sets me back
It only serves to remind me
That you're not here, and we can't work
Until we grow, it only hurts
We can't live in in-betweens
With "maybe", "if"s and "could have been"s

I love you but we just can't speak
I love you but it's what we need
I love you but we have to heal
I love you, I love you

I love you but I set you free
I love you and I hope you see
A world where you come back to me
I love you, I love you

I trust in the universe
While you're gone I'll put in the work
Maybe time will be in our favor
"No contact" is hard but better

For us in the long term
I hoping that this all works
'Cause I hate being mature
'Cause what are we doing this for?

I love you but we just can't speak
I love you but it's what we need
I love you but we have to heal
I love you, I love you

I love you but I set you free
I love you and I hope you see
A world where you come back to me
I love you, I love you