[Intro] We called it passion. Nah. We just knew the flames. [Verse 1] You went quiet, I heard goodbye I pushed harder, you shut inside One wrong look, one loaded breath Both of us bracing for what came next I called pressure “talking it through” You called distance something you had to do Then the room blew up, somebody left Came back shaking, called that depth [Pre-Chorus] That was the hook— Not the pain. The relief when it stopped. [Chorus] We called it love ’cause the fire felt familiar Called coming back proof we belonged Every apology made the silence sweeter But sorry means fuck-all if tomorrow stays wrong We didn’t love the way it hurt We just knew that kind of heat Two old wounds calling chaos chemistry We called it love ’cause the fire felt familiar [Verse 2] Fight ends, suddenly everything’s soft Hands stop shaking, guards come off That afterglow feels holy as hell When five minutes ago we were killing ourselves “We always come back” sounded strong Never asked why we kept going gone I thought staying proved I cared Never counted what it cost us there [Break] Trauma explains the match. It doesn’t excuse who lit it. [Verse 3] I said shit to wound when I felt unheard Called control protection called pressure concern Called your boundary rejection Called chasing “I care” Then blamed my reaction on you being there Nah. That part’s mine. No trigger gets to sign my name under damage I still chose to make. [Chorus] We called it love ’cause the fire felt familiar Called coming back proof we belonged Every apology made the silence sweeter But sorry means fuck-all if tomorrow stays wrong We didn’t love the way it hurt We just knew that kind of heat Two old wounds calling chaos chemistry We called it love ’cause the fire felt familiar [Bridge – alternating] You feared my anger I feared you’d leave You pulled away I couldn’t breathe Same fear Different move Same old fire we both walked through Calm felt empty Silence felt gone Chaos felt normal so normal felt wrong But familiar ain’t forever And familiar ain’t right Love shouldn’t need an aftermath to prove it survived [Final Chorus] We called it love ’cause the fire felt familiar Now I know familiar ain’t a reason to stay An apology only means something when tomorrow doesn’t burn the same way There was love inside the wreckage I won’t lie about that But love doesn’t make the damage sacred and pain doesn’t make it last We didn’t love the way it hurt We just didn’t know love wasn’t supposed to So let the fire die Keep what was true [Outro] I kept calling the return proof we belonged. Never asked why we needed leaving first.
