Title: “What Was Love?”
Style:Isabel LaRosa
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Lyrics
Title: “What Was Love?”
[Verse 1]
I used to believe in forever,
Said it like it meant something real.
Wrote my heart into every letter,
Thought love was the way you heal.
I gave like I’d never run empty,
Like my chest had an endless supply.
Now I look back and laugh at that girl—
So naïve, so willing to die.
[Pre-Chorus]
I wore my heart out on my sleeve,
Like it was something to prove.
Now I don’t even recognize
That version of the truth.
[Chorus]
What was love?
Was it fire or just a lie?
Was it deep,
Or just me wanting not to cry?
I used to say I’d die for it,
Now I barely feel a thing.
Since the day I “learned” what love was,
I’ve been questioning everything.
[Verse 2]
I laugh at how I used to beg
For crumbs dressed up as care.
How I called bare minimum
A love that wasn’t there.
I used to romanticize the pain,
Call chaos destiny.
Now I choose myself so hard
There’s nothing left of me.
[Pre-Chorus]
The more I built myself back up,
The less I felt inside.
Self-love turned into a wall
Where every feeling died.
[Chorus]
What was love?
Was it warmth or just control?
Was it light,
Or a shadow on my soul?
I used to drown inside of it,
Now I float above it all.
Ever since I found myself,
I don’t feel the fall.
[Bridge – cold, detached]
I don’t hate and I don’t crave,
I don’t miss, I don’t regret.
It’s funny how I feared heartbreak—
Now I fear nothing yet.
Maybe loving hurt too much,
Maybe numbness feels safe.
Maybe I outgrew the dream…
Or maybe I just erased.
[Outro]
I used to believe in love.
Now I question what it means.
I used to feel everything.
Now I live in between.
And sometimes I laugh at the girl
Who thought love was enough—
Because I don’t even know
What love is anymore.**