You may not see it now With his hands around your waist On a fancy night out Heartfelt compliments Such a gentleman Sweeping you off of your feet So you may not see it now The lost boy grown into a proper man Bet it's hard to believe From the bouquet in his hands His smile's so bright Under candlelight Oh, it's clear that he adores you But you should know, you should know That he wasn't always like this And I should know, I should know I was the victim of his metamorphosis Because your love was once my love Back when he was broken and cruel And I broke my heart to see him whole And now that one you hold Holds a part of me If I could tell you how He stained me like a canvas Like the storm before the drought Late night mistakes This old stale ache Burning as he walked out Cause if you just look around I'm peering through the window With a quill in hand I'm a writer who wrote down Her dreams in the sand He left a trail of tears to dry Before he became the love of your life So you should know, you should know That he wasn't always like this And I should know, I should know God knows I had it coming from the very first kiss Because your love was once my love Back when he was broken and cruel And I broke my heart to see him whole And now that one you hold Holds a part of me Oh, for him to love you Someone had to bleed And I did, I did Someone had to bleed And I did, I did No one likes autobiographies Shoulda known I wouldn't star my own fantasies To love is to love and to let go Break a heart, build a man Then you let go And I'll let go He let me go Because your love was once my love Back when he was broken and cruel And I broke my heart to see him whole And now that one you hold Holds a part of me Oh, for him to love you Someone had to bleed And I did, I did Someone had to bleed And I did, I did