Love it gets the best of me
No less but I'm a wreck to see
I'm holding it down, I'm keeping composure
I'm keeping it calm, tell me when it's over
The ride's non-stop, the seats stay empty
Time's a cage and both have left me
But if love's a tide, now then I'm a ship
If love could fly, I don't need a lift
If love this would die, that would be a gift
And so love lies, here's the king of it
The moment never left
It's the heartbeat in your chest
To bleeds to believe, and I believe
That it is time to invest
All of moments stuck on rewind
Played back in your mind
It's so contrived to understand
That you look up to the sky
Left you wondering how a love so strong
Can be a prison of emotion when it all goes wrong?
So you default to singing the same old songs
You really think you're last love will be the last one gone
But if love's a tide, now then I'm a ship
If love could fly, I don't need a lift
If love would die, that would be a gift
And so love lies, here's the king of it
Now there's this feeling your chest
That turns you into something you're not
Infatuation, motivation until you forget the plot
It's that feeling in your bones, that tells you to wait
If everything is anything, then maybe it is all fate
Maybe it left you with that love so strong
Although it wasn't meant to be but how can love feel wrong?
It's hard to let go, you hear them, in all your songs
One day it'll be okay, even when they're gone
But if love's a tide, now then I'm a ship
If love could fly, I don't need a lift
If love would die, that would be a gift
And so love lies, here's the king of it
But if love's a tide, now then I'm a ship
If love could fly, I don't need a lift
If love would die, that would be a gift
And so love lies, I'm the king of it
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