[Verse 1]
Just two people that never met
Then by some crazy coincidence
They go from being friends
To brushing hands to fallin' in
Suddenly a spark becomes a fire
That burns wild for a little while
When it turns to ash
You can't go back to what you had

[Pre-Chorus]
And no, it don't make sense
Why we do what we do?

[Chorus]
Why do people have to love people?
Turn and leave and hurt people
Making promises to not keep 'em
Is it really worth the pain?
Wouldn't it be way safer
If strangers just stayed strangers
A heart could never break
If you don't give it away
Why do people have to love people?

[Verse 2]
Think of all the room on the radio
The feel-good songs when you're driving home
Less bar stools, with sad fools to listen to
There'd be nothin' in the world to get over
No reason for your crying shoulder
No one hung up on anyone
Like I'm hung up on you
[Chorus]
Why do people have to love people?
Turn and leave and hurt people
Making promises to not keep 'em
Is it really worth the pain?
Wouldn't it be way safer
If strangers just stayed strangers
A heart could never break
If you don't give it away
Why do people have to love people?

[Post-Chorus]
Ooh

[Bridge]
I know it's how we're made
And God don't make mistakes

[Chorus]
But why do people have to love people?
Turn and leave and hurt people
Making promises to not keep 'em
Is it really worth the pain?
Wouldn't it be way safer
If strangers just stayed strangers
A heart could never break
If you don't give it away
Why do people have to love people?
[Outro]
Why do people have to love people?
Why I had to love you?