If You Could See My Heart

Lyrics

(Intro)

Yeah… (uh)
If I could just show you… (show you)
You wouldn’t doubt me… (nah)… (aye)

(Chorus)

If you could see my heart, you’d know it’s real (it’s real)
I just don’t know how to say the way I feel (nah)
Every time I open up, I end up scarred (damn)
They take my love and use it like it’s nothin’ at all (at all)
I just wanna love and be loved the same (the same)
But every time I try, it turn into pain (pain)
If you could see my heart, you’d understand (understand)
Why it’s so hard for me to be the man I am (yeah)

(Verse 1)

I be speakin’ through my actions, never words (never words)
Tryna show you love, but it come out blurred (blurred)
Got a lot inside, I just keep it locked (locked)
Every time I gave it up, it got used then dropped (damn)
Now I hesitate every time I care (I care)
Like if I go deep, you won’t be there (you won’t)
So I play it cool, act like I’m numb (numb)
But inside I swear I just want someone (real talk)
You say “tell me how you feel,” I freeze up (freeze up)
Like my past got my voice all seized up (yeah)
I ain’t never learn love without pain attached (attached)
So I guard my soul, I don’t know how to act (uh)
(Chorus)
If you could see my heart, you’d know it’s real (it’s real)
I just don’t know how to say the way I feel (nah)
Every time I open up, I end up scarred (damn)
They take my love and use it like it’s nothin’ at all (at all)
I just wanna love and be loved the same (the same)
But every time I try, it turn into pain (pain)
If you could see my heart, you’d understand (understand)
Why it’s so hard for me to be the man I am (yeah)

(Verse 2)

I done gave my heart out piece by piece (piece by piece)
Now it’s hard for me to ever feel at peace (nah)
Every time I trust, it get flipped on me (on me)
Turn my love into a weapon used on me (damn)
So I build these walls, yeah they high as hell (high as hell)
Even when I try, I don’t show it well (nah)
You think I don’t care, but it ain’t that (it ain’t)
I just fear givin’ all and not gettin’ back (real talk)
I be wantin’ you, but I pull away (pull away)
‘Cause I’m scared you gon’ leave if I choose to stay (stay)
Got a heart full of love I don’t know how to give (don’t know how)
Tryna learn how to love while I’m tryna live (yeah)
(Bridge)
If I let you in, would you break me too? (too?)
Or would you hold me down like I need you to? (need you to)
I ain’t askin’ for perfect, just somethin’ real (somethin’ real)
Someone who won’t turn my love into a battlefield (nah)

(Chorus)

If you could see my heart, you’d know it’s real (it’s real)
I just don’t know how to say the way I feel (nah)
Every time I open up, I end up scarred (damn)
They take my love and use it like it’s nothin’ at all (at all)
I just wanna love and be loved the same (the same)
But every time I try, it turn into pain (pain)
If you could see my heart, you’d understand (understand)
Why it’s so hard for me to be the man I am (yeah)

(Outro)

If you could see it… (see it)
You’d never doubt me… (nah)
I just don’t know how to show it… (uh)
But it’s there… it’s always been there… (real)