[Duet between he and she] [Verse 1 — HE] You say I never listened, never heard a word, But every time I tried, your silence was absurd. You built a wall between us, brick by brick each night, Then blamed me for the distance when I gave up the fight. [Verse 2 — SHE] You say I shut you out, but you were never there, A body in the room, a heart that didn’t care. I waited for a reason, I waited for a sign, But loving you was lonely, even when you were mine. [Pre-Chorus — HE] I gave you everything I knew— [SHE] No, you gave what worked for you. [HE] I stayed until it hurt— [SHE] But you were leaving first. [Chorus — BOTH] HE: You broke us first, you let it fall apart, SHE: You broke us first, you walked away in your heart. HE: You turned every kiss into something rehearsed, SHE: You made loving you feel like some kind of curse. HE: Don’t put this on me— SHE: Don’t rewrite the past— BOTH: We both swear the other one shattered the glass. HE: If somebody asks me who made it all hurt— SHE: I’ll tell them the truth— BOTH: You broke us first. [Verse 3 — SHE] Remember that December, the night you came home late? You looked me in the eyes and said that I should wait. I waited through the winter, I waited through the spring, For promises you whispered that never meant a thing. [Verse 4 — HE] Remember how you doubted every word I said? You fought with things imagined inside your head. I couldn’t prove I loved you, no matter what I tried, You’d already found me guilty before I ever lied. [Pre-Chorus — SHE] I gave you every chance I had— [HE] You only counted all the bad. [SHE] I stayed until it burned— [HE] And never once you learned. [Chorus — BOTH] SHE: You broke us first, you let it fall apart, HE: You broke us first, you put a lock on your heart. SHE: You turned every promise to ashes and dirt, HE: You knew where to cut me, you knew where it hurt. SHE: Don’t put this on me— HE: Don’t rewrite the past— BOTH: We both swear the other one shattered the glass. SHE: If somebody asks me who made it all hurt— HE: I’ll tell them the truth— BOTH: You broke us first. [Bridge — HE / SHE] HE: Maybe I stopped saying, “I love you.” SHE: Maybe I stopped asking you to. HE: Maybe I should’ve held on tighter. SHE: Maybe I should’ve been a fighter. HE: Maybe I was scared to stay. SHE: Maybe I pushed you away. HE: Maybe there’s blame on both our sides… SHE: Maybe that’s just one more lie. [Break — BOTH] HE: So was it me? SHE: Was it you? HE: Was there anything left we could do? SHE: Were we already gone— HE: Before the goodbye? BOTH: Or did we kill something neither could keep alive? [Final Chorus — BOTH] HE: You broke us first— SHE: You broke us first— HE: I know what I saw— SHE: I know what it hurt. HE: You gave up on me— SHE: You gave up on us— BOTH: And somewhere between love and losing our trust, We turned every memory into something worse, Two sides of a story, two versions that hurt. And if somebody asks why forever didn’t work— HE: I’ll still say you did it. SHE: I’ll still say you did it. BOTH: You broke us first. [Outro — HE / SHE] HE: I hope you find what I couldn’t be. SHE: I hope someday you finally see. HE: I loved you. SHE: I loved you worse. BOTH: But you’ll always be the one who broke us first.
