Well my head's filled with static But I won't be erratic And it's all so dramatic It had to be this way So we laid in the hammock Say I woke up an addict Your reply's automatic "It had to be this way" All of the things she said All of the times I thought I knew her better But it's only been three short weeks and one long day Well we barely know each other And I barely know myself But I must admit It had to be this way And the truth that we're bending 'Cause we keep on pretending Like we're friends in the ending It had to be this way And I wonder if you wonder And I wonder if I loved her And I wonder if we could have been Should have been Would have been All of the things she said All of the times I thought I knew her better But it's only been three short weeks and one long day And we barely know each other And I barely know myself But I must admit It had to be this way It had to be this way (You can't keep pretending you don't feel a thing) It had to be this way (You can't keep pretending you don't feel a thing) It had to be this way