Listened Better Lyrics

I thought, I could get you to reveal more

But I never knew, you were so shut down

Maybe, I didn't ask the right questions

And maybe, I never heard you at all

So we opened up our worlds

I came to love your embrace

And just the taste of you, as you'll remember

How my heart raced

You got me to feel so damn excited

You told me how I made you feel, so fucking delighted

Maybe if I listened better

I was wrong to think I was so clever

And never could see you, for just who you are

My expectations were too high, I pushed you way too far

Maybe what we needed, was an intervention

I always knew you'd never let yourself feel that small

You made me feel safe to give you all my attention

It's one of the only ways, yeah, I know how to love

Those moments, those days with you by the water

You were my curious angel, I was your favourite author

Maybe if I'd listened better

Learn to stay in the moment

Not worry 'bout whatever might come

I showed up that night, thinking you'd come around

But I guess that you preferred, to shut that part of us down…for now

Am I nothing more to you than an imposition

The saddest thing is that I've done it to myself

Maybe if I was, some kind of magician

But I can't change the way, your heart wants somebody else

Your heart wants somebody else

It's true we weren't together a long time

But how about all these years I've been trying to find...you

You helped me to forget, what life was like before

You were in the middle of showing me, how I could keep shut that door

Maybe through all of this, there's some kind of lesson

I pray to those Gods at night, we don't sever, what's left of our connection

You made me feel safe, to give you all that I was

It's one of the only ways that I know how to love

I always will adore the girl that you let me see

And whatever part of you is still showing, showing up for me

Still showing up for me

Still showing up for me

Still revealing herself to me

Still revealing herself to me

Maybe if you'd listened better

I wouldn't be left to piece this back together again