What Hurts The Most
Rascal Flatts Cover | Speak Now World Tour (2011)
Table of Contents
Background
«There are amazing musicians that are from Oklahoma. I was thinking of doing a song from one of them, if that's okay with you. There's this guy who's called Joe Don Rooney who's a good friend of mine, and he's from Oklahoma, and Rascal Flatts have been amazing to me.»
«Nashville is all about remembering where you came from. And remembering the people who are your absolute idols, and remembering the people who helped you out in the very beginning and took you on their arena tour, their sold-out tour, and nobody knew your name. For me, I have this artist, this band, who took me on tour when nobody knew who I was, and about five years ago, I opened up for them here in this building.»
Lyrical Theme
«The song was originally inspired by losing my father. But I ended up changing the meaning and I made it more of a love song, to be more universal.»
Lyrics
Written by Jeffrey Steele and Steve Robson
[Verse 1]
I can take the rain on the roof of this empty house
That don’t bother me
I can take a few tears now and then and just let them out
I’m not afraid to cry every once in a while
Even though going on with you gone still upsets me
There are days every now and again I pretend I’m okay
But that’s not what gets me
[Chorus]
What hurts the most was being so close
And having so much to say
And watching you walk away
And never knowing what could’ve been
And not seeing that loving you
Is what I was trying to do
[Verse 2]
It’s hard to deal with the pain of losing you everywhere I go
But I’m doing It
It’s hard to force that smile when I see our old friends and I’m alone
Still harder
Getting up, getting dressed, living with this regret
But I know, if I could do it over
I would trade, give away all the words that I saved in my heart
That I left unspoken
[Chorus]
What hurts the most is being so close
And having so much to say much to say
And watching you walk away
And never knowing what could’ve been
And not seeing that loving you
Is what I was trying to do, oh
[Instrumental Break]
[Chorus Variation]
What hurts the most was being so close
And having so much to say (Much to say)
And watching you walk away
And never knowing what could have been
And not seeing that loving you
Is what I was trying to do, oh
[Outro]
Not seeing that loving you
That’s what I was trying to do
| Associated Era | Speak Now Era |
|---|---|
| Recorded | October 15, 2011 September 20, 2013 |
| Written | 2003 |
| Venues | Chesapeake Energy Arena (Oklahoma City) Bridgestone Arena (Nashville) |
| Genre | Country |
| Length | 5:09 |
| Songwriters | Jeffrey Steele Steve Robson |
