"Wasn't Enough" ( Backstreet FT. Khris P)

Lyrics

“WASN’T ENOUGH”

F-Minor • 65 BPM • Heavy Ad-Libs
Soulful, sung chorus • Hardcore emotional verses

Intro
(Yeah...)
Backstreet... (Backstreet)
I gave you everything I had... (everything)
But somehow... it still wasn't enough... (damn)
Woo...
Sometimes love ain't enough to save two people... (nah)

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Verse 1

I gave you all my love, put my heart in your hands (my heart)
Tried to be the man you needed me to be (needed me)
But every little crack started showing what we lacked (what we lacked)
All the things we couldn't say came back attackin' me (damn)

We fought for what we had till there wasn't much left (wasn't much)
Two broken souls tryna give each other breath (breathe)
You wanted something from me I didn't know how to give (I didn't know)
I wanted you forever, but didn't know how to live (woo!)

We weren't monsters, we were damaged from the start (from the start)
Both of us had wounds that were bleeding through the heart (bleeding)
Every argument exposed another scar (another scar)
And the harder that we tried, the more we drifted apart (damn)

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Chorus 1 – Soulful

I gave you all my love... (all my love)
But it wasn't enough... (wasn't enough)
We tried to hold together what was already breaking... (breaking)
We kept reaching for forever... (forever)
But forever wasn't waiting... (no...)
Sometimes love can be real... (so real)
And still not be enough... (not enough)

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Verse 2

I remember all the nights you were asking me to stay (stay)
While I stood there confused, didn't know what else to say (what else?)
You could feel me slipping even when I held you close (held you close)
That's the fucked-up part—the person I loved the most (my love)

I wasn't trying to hurt you, I was fighting my own head (my own head)
Carrying old pain into every word I said (every word)
You had your own demons, I had mine on attack (demons)
We kept trying to love while our past kept pulling back (pulling back)

We blamed each other for the things we couldn't fix (couldn't fix)
Turned simple conversations into battles over shit (damn)
And every time we broke, we tried to glue the pieces tight (glue it)
But some cracks run too deep to disappear overnight (too deep)

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Chorus 2 – Soulful

I gave you all my love... (I gave it all)
You gave me everything you could... (everything)
But somewhere underneath the pain... (underneath)
We stopped understanding like we should... (we should)

We tried our hardest... (so hard)
God knows we tried... (we tried)
But love couldn't close the distance... (couldn't close it)
Growing between you and I... (between us)

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Verse 3

Now I'm standing in the silence where your voice used to be (your voice)
Wondering if you ever look back and think of me (think of me)
Cause I still remember everything we couldn't save (couldn't save)
Every promise, every kiss, every moment that we gave (everything)

Maybe we met at the wrong time with the right intentions (wrong time)
Maybe all that trauma changed the way we made connections (changed us)
You wanted to feel safe, I wanted to feel loved (feel loved)
But neither one of us knew how to give enough (damn)

I ain't gonna blame you for the person you became (no)
And I hope you don't blame me for the person I became (don't blame me)
We were two people trying to survive what came before (came before)
And sometimes loving somebody means knowing when to walk out the door (walk away)

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Chorus 3 – Soulful

I gave you all my love... (all my love)
But it wasn't enough... (no...)
The love we lacked kept showing through the cracks... (through the cracks)
No matter how we tried to cover them up... (cover them)

We gave it everything... (everything)
Still couldn't make it right... (couldn't make it)
Sometimes two hearts can love each other... (love each other)
And still lose the fight... (lose the fight)

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Outro / Chorus 4 – Soulful

(Yeah...)
I gave you all my love... (all my love)
You gave me yours too... (yours too)
We just couldn't find the way... (couldn't find it)
To make our love pull through... (pull through)

We tried our hardest... (God knows)
But sometimes trying ain't enough... (ain't enough)
And the saddest part about goodbye... (goodbye)
Is knowing that the love was real... (it was real)
It just wasn't enough... (wasn't enough)

(Heavy ad-libs)
(Yeah...) (Woo...) (Damn...)
Backstreet...
Sometimes you can give somebody your whole heart...
(your whole heart)
And still not know how to love them right.
(Yeah...)