Loved Before, ft. Kayleigh McKnight. By Nick Butcher & Tom Ling.

'He's Been Loved Before' ft. Kayleigh McKnight
Music by Nick Butcher
Lyrics by Nick Butcher and Tom Ling
Directed by Stephen Whitson
Cinematography by Christopher Jeffers for Eighty8
Featuring Kayleigh Mcknight, Prince Plocky, Anne Vanderelst
Musical Supervision by Chris Guard
Engineering and mixing by Sam Featherstone
Orchestration by Nick Butcher and Chris Guard
Hair and Make up by Arina Ii

Lyrics
IT’S NOT SOMETHING YOU INSTANTLY NOTICE
IT’S NOT SOMETHING YOU LEARN ON THE WAY
TO OTHERS IT SEEMS FAIRLY NORMAL
YET, THERE ARE THINGS I KNOW HE’LL NEVER SAY

MONDAYS AND TUESDAYS THE WEEKS PASS US BY
AND EVERYTHING’S JUST AS BEFORE
BUT I KNOW THERE’S A LONGING INSIDE HIM
I KNOW HE WANTS SOMETHING MORE

AND THERE’S A DISTANCE IN HIS VOICE, THE WORDS HE SAYS
LIKE THEY’RE NOT MADE OUT OF CHOICE

HE’S BEEN LOVED BEFORE
THOUGH WELL DOES HE DISGUISE
THE LOVE THAT CAME BEFORE
STILL LIVES BEHIND HIS EYES

WHEN I TAKE HIS HAND HIS GRIP LOOSENS
WHEN WE KISS, HE’S FIRST TO PULL AWAY
WHEN I HOLD HIM AND TELL HIM, 'I LOVE YOU'
HE REPLIESWITH THE SLIGHTEST DELAY

AND I TRICK MYSELF AND I TURN AWAY
AND I BURY MY HEAD IN THE SAND
I’VE PLACED ALL MY BETS ON A BROKEN MAN
I’M PLAYING A LOSING HAND

AND THERE’S A DISTANCE IN HIS STARE
HIS HOLLOW LOOKS TELL ME HE’S NO LONGER THERE

HE’S BEEN LOVED BEFORE
THOUGH WELL DOES HE DISGUISE
THE LOVE THAT CAME BEFORE
STILL LIVES BEHIND HIS EYES

HE’S BEEN LOVING ON THE OTHER SIDE
FOR BETTER OR FOR WORSE
THE HEART THAT I WANT TO BE MINE
IS INEVITABLY CURSED

I KNOW HE STILL THINKS OF HER
I KNOW HIS THOUGHTS LINGER ON
HER VOICE
HER SKIN
HER KISS

WHY DOES HER NAME ECHO IN MY HEAD?
WHEN IT’S HIM DREAMING OF HER IN OUR BED

AND SO SHE’S ALIVE
BUT IF SHE’S ALIVE,
THEN I’M DEAD!

AND THE ONLY THING THAT WILL SAVE ME
IS THE, 'I LOVE YOU'
THAT HE’S NEVER TRULY SAID..

'CAUSE I’VE NEVER LOVED BEFORE
AND NOW I UNDERSTAND HIS PAIN
THAT AN UNREQUITED HEART
IT WILL NEVER,
NO, NO, IT WILL NEVER GIVE IT ALL AGAIN

AND HE’S BEEN LOVED BEFORE