The Best Worst Thing

by Skyler Day (Skyler Day)

I hate that you’ve seen me naked

I hate all those smiles I was faking

I hate that I didn’t just punch you

That time on our date you were rude to the waitress

I hate how you’d speak to my brother

I hate that I considered forever

I hate that the minute we broke up

You stood there and trashed me on a call to your mother

But the thing about these things

Now that I’m looking back

I can see some good in the bad

 

Oh I love

That you taught me to fight for myself

Now I can’t lose me to anyone else

I learned lessons that no one can teach

You were the best worst thing for me

And I’m thanking my lucky stars

For all the ways you broke my heart

‘Cause I’m really starting to see

you were the best worst thing for me

 

I hate how you were fake with my friends

And I hate how much you loved perfection

And I hate that you stopped me from singing

‘Cause you had me convinced that no one would listen

Oh I hate things you’d say after three drinks

I hate that when I’d share my feelings

You’d play them like a chess game

And I’d hold my tongue ‘cause with you there was no winning

The thing about these things

There’s no use in holding on

When you can find some right in the wrong

 

So I love

That you taught me to fight for myself

Now I can’t lose me to anyone else

I learned lessons that no one can teach

You were the best worst thing for me

And I’m thanking my lucky stars

For all the ways you broke my heart

‘Cause I’m really starting to see

You were the best worst thing for me

 

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I could kick myself for being naïve

And hanging on too long

And I could be embarrassed

That I let you have those 3 little words at all

But now I

Oh I know what I don’t want

And I’m happy to report

I got myself

I got myself a good one

He’s listening to this song on our bedroom floor

 

So I love

That you taught me to fight for myself

Now I can’t lose me to anyone else

I learned lessons that no one can teach

You were the best worst thing for me

And I’m thanking my lucky stars

I found the right place for my heart

In the end I really do see

You were the best worst thing for me

 

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