I know now when we started out
He was looking for my faults
He decided I wasn't worth the trouble
Said I didn't make him feel special

It stung me to my core
It stung me to my core
It stung me to my core, oh, to my core
It stung me to my core

Early on after a heart to heart
Careless words drove us apart
I know independence can feel threatening
But how could he give up on me

It stung me to my core, stung me to my core
It stung me to my core, to my core
It stung me to my core, oh, to my core
It stung me to my core, right to the core

That fight that didn't end
Both unwilling to bend
Selfish assumptions taking over (taking over)
Not allowing us to discover
This was love
But this love

Stung us to the core
It stung us to the core, yeah
I know it stung you to the core, baby
Do we even know what we were fighting for yeah
(Do we even know?)

It stung me to my core,
(Oh, you stung me, baby)
(Right down to my very core)
Right down to the core, yeah
I know it stung you to the core
It stung us to my core