"Unless It Hurts" lyrics

From the onset, I still wish you well
Being honest, it still hurts like hell
Yeah, my heart's washed by the banks on the bend in the river
Still the mud builds
Saying get up, get up, get up

'Cause all I wanted was you
But in the night loneliness reads the room

Unless it hurts
And my life's tumbling down
It's not love if crying's not a background sound
When we're not together, living hurts

For a decade, you gave up home
We made children and a home of our own
Now I stand here by a lake no one swims in its waters
Every city is screaming wake up, wake up, wake up

'Cause all I wanted was you
But in the night loneliness reads the room

Unless it hurts
And my life's tumbling down
It's not love if crying's not a background sound
When we're not together, living hurts

All my lessons learned weren't good enough
Been lighting my fires out in the rain
Just let it burn
I said let it burn
I don't want this love

Unless it hurts
And my life's tumbling down
It's not love if crying's not a background sound
When we're not together, living hurts
When we're not together, living hurts