What You Can't Have Lyrics

He said all the right things

You let him pull your strings

Cause he's holding onto you

Like that was everything

That was everything

Cause you let it be

Why do you do this to yourself?

Its gonna be a long way out

But maybe the next ten years

Will teach you how

To love yourself

Cause up 'til now

You're holding onto everything you've done

And every judgment you cannot outrun, though you try

And every split decision keeps on haunting you at night

It's a cruel path, when you only seem to want what you can't have

It didn't fit right, I know you knew

You gave him chances like you always do

And you're telling your friends he won't break your heart

Cause you're still in it for the good parts

And they're fewer now and they're far between

It's the kind of love you're never fully clean of

Who do you dream of?

Why do you do this to yourself?

It's gonna be a long way out

But maybe the next ten years

Will teach you how

To love yourself

Cause up 'til now

You're holding onto everything you've done (it's a minor inconvenience)

And every judgment you cannot outrun, though you try (just a minor inconvenience)

And every split decision keeps on haunting you at night

It's a cruel path, when you only seem to want what you can't have