Break Me Like You Mean It

[Verse 1]
You came dressed in Sunday sunlight
Smile sharp as a whispered prayer
You were clappin' on the off-beat
Baby
Like you really didn't care
You said my name like it was holy
Pulled me close in your Amen arms
I laid my heart on your lap that night
You laid your lies in my palms

[Chorus]
If you're gonna break me
Break me like you mean it
Don’t you leave me halfway torn
Love me like a revival
Then leave me in the silence
If I'm gonna cry
Then let me mourn
Oh
You set my soul on fire
Then walked me through the ashes
Left your coat on my front door
If you're gonna break me
Break me like you mean it
Don’t you come back here no more (oh no)

[Verse 2]
You kissed my tears in your backseat
Said
"Baby
This storm gon' pass"
But you were dancin' with another shadow
While you held on to my hand like glass
My mama warned me in the kitchen
"That kind of charm don't last too long"
But I was humming you in every heartbeat
You were teaching my tongue your song

[Chorus]
If you're gonna break me
Break me like you mean it
Don’t you leave me halfway torn
Love me like a revival
Then leave me in the silence
If I'm gonna cry
Then let me mourn
Oh
You set my soul on fire
Then walked me through the ashes
Left your coat on my front door
If you're gonna break me
Break me like you mean it
Don’t you come back here no more (yeah)

[Bridge]
[Band drops
Organ and soft drums only]
I gave you Sundays
I gave you midnight
Gave you every "yes" I had
You turned my hallelujahs into heartache
Turned a good girl wild and mad
[Horns swell
Choir enters softly]
But I got sisters in my corner
I got a choir in my chest (oh, yes)
You can keep your crooked promise
I'll keep my broken blessing best

[Chorus]
If you're gonna break me
Break me like you mean it
Don’t you see I'm still here torn?
Love me like a revival
Then leave me in the silence
Watch me rise up from that mourn
'Cause you set my soul on fire
Now I'm dancin' through the ashes
Change the lock on my front door
If you ever want me
Want me
You can feel it
When you hear me roar once more (yeah yeah)

[Outro]
[Choir and horns call-and-response]
Break me
(break me)
Break me
(leave me)
You can't break me
Anymore