With You, Without You

There was nothing more intense
Nothing more painful than the day you walked out that door
You decided that home wasn't here and that I wasn't good enough anymore
Now I'm the one constantly searching for where home is, always lost, never closer
It hurts a lot, every single day, I never got closure

But with you, there's pain
Without you, there's a chance
That I might start to feel
Just a little bit better
With you, I learned that
Without you, I'm better

I can't seem to capture the feeling through methodical wordplay and odd metaphors
I can't talk my way into having you feel the pain I felt
So maybe you don't understand but if you listen closely
You might start to get what I mean
Try turning the lights down and the sound up and listen closer
Read between the lines and enter a fragile mind

But with you, there's pain
Without you, there's a chance
That I might start to feel
Just a little bit better
With you, I learned that
Without you, I'm better

So when you left, you took puzzle pieces with you
Pieces that you will never be able to fit anywhere else
Those pieces belonged to me, they shaped me
They made the picture of the person I am and now I will never get them back
Those pieces of me that now belong to you forever
I'll need to learn to live without them
But how do you live when you're not whole?