What Hurts the Most

I stumbled across the song What Hurts the Most by Rascal Flatts a few years ago unexpectedly. I've never really been a big country fan, but obviously the song had a lot of cross over appeal so next thing I know it randomly appears on my MP3 player. The lyrics immediately struck close to home, as I'm sure they did to many people who have had experienced heartbreak before. But the fact that it was a country song (his favorite genre) and that I could immediately picture him saying/singing these exact lyrics made me miss him all the more. We'd had a tough year-long relationship - both the best of times and the worst. I sometimes wonder what could have been, as I'm sure he does. Sometimes I wonder - did I call it off too soon? I'm in love now, with a great guy. And I know he has been seeing other since. In any case, what hurts the most is being so close.

Rascal Flatts What Hurts The Most

I can take the rain on the roof of this empty house
That don’t bother me
I can take a few tears now and then and just let them out
I’m not afraid to cry every once in a while
Even though going on with you gone still upsets me
There are days every now and again I pretend I’m ok
But that’s not what gets me

What hurts the most
Was being so close
And having so much to say
And watching you walk away
And never knowing
What could have been
And not seeing that loving you
Is what I was tryin’ to do

It’s hard to deal with the pain of losing you everywhere I go
But I’m doin’ It
It’s hard to force that smile when I see our old friends and I’m alone
Still Harder
Getting up, getting dressed, livin’ with this regret
But I know if I could do it over

I would trade give away all the words that I saved in my heart
That I left unspoken

What hurts the most
Is being so close
And having so much to say
And watching you walk away
And never knowing
What could have been
And not seeing that loving you
Is what I was trying to do

Not seeing that loving you
That’s what I was trying to do