you always said i'd be burned by you
but i would not listen to you
and now i know just what you meant

i played with fire but i should have listened to all you said
but you were just too perfect and i was just too lonely
and i took the chance
i took a chance
and i'm glad i risked it all for you
cuz i wouldn't know what love is if i didn't give my heart away to you
but now i know, now i know, now i know
i've learned so much and now i know
that what i had for you was true love, you're my first true love
and i had to be taught the hard way
i wanted to beg you to stay with me forever, but now its over
and what i dreamed would happen didn't,
i thought it could work, but it couldn't be
and i'm glad i risked it all for you
cuz i wouldn't know what love is if i didn't give my heart away to you
but now i know, now i know, now i know
and now i know, turned my sadness into this smile
and so now the pain is gone