[Verse 1] We were too young to know what forever meant Two open hands with nothing to defend You knew every place I was afraid to show And for the first time I let somebody know No armor No practiced smile No reason to pretend I thought being seen meant I'd never have to hide again [Pre-Chorus] You were the first to get that close The first I couldn't let go [Chorus] You drew first blood without a weapon in your hand You just knew me better than anybody can And when we broke you took a part of me I never learned how to get back Before you I knew how to hurt After you I knew how to hide it [Verse 2] We said things we were too proud to take away Turned little wounds into reasons not to stay I watched your eyes become somewhere I couldn't reach And every silence said more than we could speak Maybe I failed you Maybe you failed me too Maybe that's what happens when two broken kids call something love before they know what love can do [Pre-Chorus] You were the first I couldn't save The first goodbye that never went away [Chorus] You drew first blood without a weapon in your hand You just knew me better than anybody can And when we broke you took a part of me I never learned how to get back Before you I knew how to hurt After you I knew how to hide it [Bridge] I don't blame you anymore God knows I wasn't innocent We were learning how to love while learning how to leave But something changed in me That night I stopped believing that being known could ever be safe And every woman after you met a version of me you helped create [Final Chorus] You drew first blood But I carried the wound Into every room into every love that came after you And maybe you never knew what that goodbye became You were my first real love My first real loss And the first time I learned how to disappear without walking away [Outro] Before you I knew how to hurt After you I knew how to hide.
