Love Me Right (But I Do It Wrong)

Lyrics

(Intro)

Yeah… (uh)
Tryna give love but it come out twisted (damn)
(aye)

(Chorus)

I be tryna love you right, but I do it wrong (wrong)
Every word I say feel like it don’t belong (nah)
Heart full of pain, I just hide it in my tone (yeah)
You say I don’t care, but I care too strong (too strong)
I don’t know how to say what I feel inside (inside)
So it turn to anger, now we both gon’ cry (damn)
I be fightin’ demons while I’m holdin’ you tight (holdin’ you)
Tryna love you right… but I do it wrong every time (every time)

(Verse 1)

I ain’t grow up talkin’ feelings, I was taught to react (react)
Bottle everything up, now it spill when we clash (yeah)
You say “why you yell?” I don’t mean it like that (nah)
It’s just pain in my chest, I don’t know how to act (damn)
I be scared you gon’ leave, so I push you away (push you away)
Then I hate myself more at the end of the day (uh)
Say you need reassurance, I don’t know what to say (say what?)
So I sit in silence while you beg me to stay (stay)
I ain’t tryna hurt you, I’m just losin’ control (losin’ control)
Got a war in my mind, got a crack in my soul (yeah)
You see anger outside, but it’s deeper than that (way deeper)
It’s a boy feelin’ lost, never learned how to love back (real talk)

(Chorus)

I be tryna love you right, but I do it wrong (wrong)
Every word I say feel like it don’t belong (nah)
Heart full of pain, I just hide it in my tone (yeah)
You say I don’t care, but I care too strong (too strong)
I don’t know how to say what I feel inside (inside)
So it turn to anger, now we both gon’ cry (damn)
I be fightin’ demons while I’m holdin’ you tight (holdin’ you)
Tryna love you right… but I do it wrong every time (every time)

(Verse 2)

I be overthinkin’, every move, every text (every text)
If you quiet for a minute, I assume the worst next (damn)
Then I snap, say some things that I don’t even mean (don’t mean it)
Now I’m watchin’ your tears fall in front of me (uh)
I hate that version of me, I swear I do (I do)
But it’s hard tryna heal when you never knew (never knew)
How to open your heart without feelin’ weak (weak)
So I turn cold quick when it’s time to speak (yeah)
You say love supposed to feel safe, not war (not war)
But I’m fightin’ myself every time you want more (damn)
I just need a little patience while I learn to be better (be better)
I ain’t perfect, but I swear I’m tryna hold it together (on God)

(Bridge)

If I break down, would you stay or would you run? (run)
If I told you all my pain, would you still call me “the one”? (the one?)
I ain’t never had love that ain’t come with a cost (nah)
So I guard my heart heavy, scared of takin’ a loss (yeah)

(Chorus)

I be tryna love you right, but I do it wrong (wrong)
Every word I say feel like it don’t belong (nah)
Heart full of pain, I just hide it in my tone (yeah)
You say I don’t care, but I care too strong (too strong)
I don’t know how to say what I feel inside (inside)
So it turn to anger, now we both gon’ cry (damn)
I be fightin’ demons while I’m holdin’ you tight (holdin’ you)
Tryna love you right… but I do it wrong every time (every time)

(Outro)

I’m still learnin’… (yeah)
Don’t give up on me… (don’t)
I’m tryna love… just ain’t learned it yet (uh)