Finally it happened and I remember getting dressed
She was still sleeping and so beautiful, I couldn't help but feeling blessed
I had to catch a plane that day and I did not want to forget
I never thought my mental photograph could be one that I'd regret
Because I'll never feel that good again and it's a price I'll always pay
But what I feel before the loss sets in, I could never throw away
And it can hurt so much (So much)
It can hurt so much (So much)
Make you choke your aspiration down (So much) like soap (Hurt so much) in a bad boy's mouth (So much)
(Hurt) When the thing you must let go of (So much) is the one you'll always love (So much)
It can hurt so much (Hurt so much)
(So much) It can hurt so much

Like some allergy or evil spell
Some curse or affliction
Or maybe just some selfish dream you've had
Or what you say to your addictions
Regardless and impervious, it refuses not to last
Something of eternity entangled in your past
And it can hurt so much (So much)
And it can hurt so much (So much)
Make you choke your aspiration down (So much) like soap (Hurt so much) in a bad boy's mouth (So much)
(Hurt) When the thing you must let go of (So much) is the one you'll always love (So much)
It can hurt so much (Hurt so much)
(So much) It can hurt so much

If the story is truly written and the ending cannot change, these scenes inside my memory, I will seek to rearrange
Effecting all I hear and see and all I ever will when a vision's all that keeps me warm it only magnifies the chill
But forever I can close my eyes and travel back in time
Forever in that morning light where she's forever mine
And it's all forever different like it was really meant to be
Just waking she's so beautiful and still waiting there for me
And it can hurt so much (So much)
It can hurt so much (So much)
Make you choke your aspiration down (So much) like soap (Hurt so much) in a bad boy's mouth (So much)
(Hurt) When the thing you must let go of (So much) is the one you'll always love (So much)
It can hurt so much (Hurt so much)
(So much) It can hurt so much