Lyrics:

[Verse 1]
You said you’d lay me to rest
Someplace near water with a view.
Spoken in a way I thought only a lover could do,
But I’d be damned if I ever fell for someone like you...

And I was right.

[Pre-Chorus 1]
You said you loved the way my hair smelled,
Pulled me close in the warmth of your hell.
Another moment, frozen in time—
I let you do as you wanted, but I knew.

I had already lost.

[Chorus]
One time I cared,
One time I cared,
I considered you—
One time.
One time I cared,
One time.

[Verse 2]
You said we’d go away together,
Escape to an island, far from the noise.
I knew better than to believe that story,
But you told me your plan again and again.

I wondered why.

[Pre-Chorus 2]
You said you needed a fresh start,
Asked me to stay and hear you out.
I told you I cared, you said it meant a lot.
You said you'd try to get your life together.

I had hope for you.

[Chorus]
One time I cared,
One time I cared,
I believed you—
One time.
One time I cared,
One time.

[Bridge]
I heard a rumor—
Spread by a teenage girl
She said I was in love with you.
Had the picture on her phone.

Just a vision I asked to see,
Drawn from my words:
“Who is he?”

That wasn’t you.
I shouldn't have to prove.
You cut me out and blocked me,
Kept up the act like we were fine.
When I knew.

[Final Chorus / Outro]
One time I cared,
One time.

I cared but I know better now—
One time.
One time I cared,
One time.

One time.

One Time I Cared

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