I Don T Need You Now lyrics

There was a time when I thought I would die
everytime I thought of you.
I`d cry and think myself into a state and drink myself to sleep too late.
But what was pulling us and me apart was only breaking in my broken
heart: now it`s controlled again, on hold again,
and more broken in than it`s ever been.

So I don`t need you now.
I can`t believe how I ever wondered how I`d ever make it without you--
thinking about you, but I don`t need you now.

There was a time when I thought I should try to make myself hate you
to get by.
It wasn`t hard to do, to think of you and all the things you put me
through.
But now I`ve had some time to contemplate,
and I`ve discovered other things to hate.
There`s still bitterness I can`t resist,
but you`re moving to the bottom of a pretty long list.

So I don`t hate you now,
and I don`t even want to checkmate you now.
I still don`t like how much you don`t want me to touch you,
but I don`t hate you now.

And if I`m crying, well what did you expect?
I`ve been trying, but I still don`t know how not to be a wreck.

And though I`m still aware you`re still out there,
still busy breaking someone`s heart somewhere,
and though to you it`s nothing new,
for once I`ve got no explaining to do.

Cause I don`t know you now,
and I don`t have anything to show you now,
except for all of these apologies that I don`t owe you now.