hurt people hurt people

made in early 2025.

this song is really personal to me because i wrote it during a time where i was genuinely angry at someone who had hurt me.

i remember how frustrating it felt to have someone’s words stay in my head long after the argument was over. i kept thinking about what they said, how they treated me, and how helpless i felt in that moment. i was hurt, but underneath all of that hurt was anger — the kind of anger that makes you want the other person to feel exactly what you felt.

so i wrote this song.

“hurt people hurt people” came from that part of me that wanted to fight back. i wanted to say everything i couldn’t say at the time, and i wanted them to understand just how much damage their words had done.

looking back now, i can hear how angry i was when i wrote it. some of the lyrics are harsh, some of them are bitter, and some of them probably came from a place of wanting revenge rather than healing.

but that’s what makes this song special to me.

it captured a version of myself that was hurting, angry, and still trying to understand what to do with all those feelings.

because sometimes, when you’ve been hurt for long enough, you start believing that hurting someone back is the only way to make things feel fair.

and that’s where “hurt people hurt people” came from.

i knew this would happen
cause i saw it coming
can’t escape the fact all matters is worsened

you do this too often
don’t mess with emotions
cause the consequence is hard for you to bear

once you’re mad you point fingers and say things that comes from your head
did you ever mean it? i don’t know
but i hope that the answer is no

hurt people hurt people, you took this too far
you yelled all for nothing, now you left a scar
you should know damn well that bandages don’t fix bullet holes
your words were like knives penetrating my skin
then you made me feel like ill never fit in
now look what you’ve done, look at all of the mess that you made
guess me being me is just really insane

you know i can’t forget
the infamous feeling
of the way you made me feel like i was helpless

i know you won’t regret
everything you said
don’t you dare forget just how i hurt inside

don’t feel sorry for the misery you’ve caused
now you’ll feel the same as i did when i was half dead
cause the tables’ turned, im letting go

hurt people hurt people, now you’re gonna fall
don’t cry for all those tears’ just your own remorse
from now on i won’t be what you wished for, ill be the worst
i know you will wish that everything is well
but let’s face it, you’re far more than burning in hell
cause i lifted the curse, i’ve done put myself first
you made me a damn fool, now ill stand there and just watch you burn

hurt people hurt people, this was never equal
i wont ever take your words for a truce call
stop pointing your fingers, don’t you ever feel bad at all?
i was just like knives penetrating your skin
cause im hurt, its only fair if i make you worse
at least ill admit that i made you fall down
yeah i know, hurt people only makes people hurt

hurt people only makes people hurt