Lyrics This'll Only Hurt for a Minute - Emily James

Mmmmmm
Mmmmmm

You cleared him out of your system
But some days it feels good to miss him
You welcome the pain like a mistress
Is it real if it's self-inflicted?

Couldn't pay off your debts of devotion
Now you're bankrupt of every emotion
You put on that song to start feeling something
And you're keeping the tap water running

'Cause when midnight calls it gets
Too hard to keep it all numb

Take a second now breathe it in and out
This'll only hurt for a minute
Strike a match, kill the lights
Close my eyes 'til it starts to feel different
'Til I'm back in the room with him again
Dancing in an empty kitchen and
Tasting my tears where his lips used to trace
Need a second now to let it break me down, for a minute

You sketched out a future
Then set it on fire
Yeah the hangover hurts when
You're drunk on desire
Deleted the photos but you keep his voicemails
Just to remember it was real
Tell everybody that you've healed
But is that really how you feel?

Take a second now breathe it in and out
This'll only hurt for a minute
Strike a match, kill the lights
Close my eyes 'til it starts to feel different
'Til I'm back in the room with him again
Dancing in an empty kitchen and
Tasting my tears where his lips used to trace
Need a second now to let it break me down, for a minute
Just for a minute
'Cause when midnight calls it gets too hard to
Keep it all numb