I understand there's no future for us here   Guess I fooled myself into thinking there was    Now you've make it clear   I'll never be right   Now we've got to say good-bye and I've got to be strong   So tell me one more time how it's better for the both of us   Tell me one more time how we'll hurt each other if we stay   Tell me one more time the darling there's just one more thing   Before you walk away      CHORUS   Explain it to my heart    It's better that we're over now    Tell me one more time that this it's suppose to be    Tell me that I'm better off without you    How it's better to forget about you    Darling I understand   Now won't you please explain it to my heart    Now if I try I can see the reasons why    Why we can't stay together I might convince my mind    But it's breaking my heart to know I've got to let you go    To find that I must leave behind the only love I've known   Well I can tell myself that I never really needed you    I can tell myself that it's better just to say good-bye   I can tell myself a thousand lies   But tell me now    Tell me how I do      CHORUS   Say that I'll be better   If we don't stay together    Say that I'll be better off free   But don't say it to me    Explain it to my heart