Intro :
Y ou told me you love me
I said it back I don't mean it
I had to burn everything that I was
Just to come back like a phoenix
A phoeni x
Y ou been worried about m e
A tornado inside
I've been complicat ed
T ake a second and show me
How to burn and to rise
I could swear I'm changi ng
I w asn't very happ y when you m et me baby boy (Ooh-ooh-ooh)
Y ou told me you love me
I said it back I don't mean it
I had to burn everything that I was
Just to come back like a phoenix
A phoeni x
I know I haven't called back
But I'm building it up slo wly baby sh ortly
You 're the first I'ma con tact
When I feel good enou gh
You don't have to wo rry
I w asn't very happ y when you m et me baby boy (Ooh-ooh-ooh)
Y ou told me you love me
I said it back I don't mean it
I had to burn everything that I was
Just to come back like a phoenix
You told me you lov e me
I said it back I don't mean it
I had to burn everything that I was
Just to come back like a phoenix
I thought I meant to when I came in this relations hip
But all the roses in the wo rld would only fuel my rag e
And now you're wounded from the b laze I hope you can forg ive
And we can rise from the ashes just like a phoen ix
I 'm burning alive f or us to survive
It's been complicat ed Ooh-ooh-ooh
Y ou told me you love me
I said it back I don't mean it
I had to burn everything that I was
Just to come back like a phoenix
You told me you lov e me
I said it back I don't mean it
I had to burn everything that I was
Just to come back like a phoenix
I thought I meant to when I c ame in this relationshi p
But all the roses in the world would only fuel my rag e
And now you're wounded from the blaz e I hope you can forgive
So we can rise from the ash es just like a phoe nix a pho enix
