I'm a curious kid when I'm with you.

I ask questions like a child would do.

Some are personal, some are just stupid.

like me asking if you want to have kids.

Could this be, could this be

what love is like?

I wouldn't blame you if you ran away screaming.

but instead, you confide in me.

Share thoughts and emotions even shed a few tears.

like we’ve been together for years.

Could this be, could this be

what love is like?

it’s not some roller coaster ride.

It's a quiet back country road.

away from crazy distractions.

a feeling that few people know.

Could this be, could this be

what love is like?

It’s a comfort that you trust me with your feelings.

share your dreams and desires.

When we kiss, I get lost in fantasies of my own.

you set my soul on fire.

could this be, could this be

what love is like.

verse

I feel trapped like a bug in a spider web.

struggling to get free.

entangled by obligations and debt.

to those depending on me.

pre chorus

I’m weary of being pushed and pulled.

Neglecting my own needs.

I long to do what I want to do.

Leave in search of my dreams.

chorus

But I’m a hostage held by my conscience.

Dreaming of being free.

verse

I feel stuck in a life I don’t wanna live.

fearful I’ll die this way.

entangled by feelings of selfishness.

desperately needing a change.

pre chorus

I’m weary of being pushed and pulled.

neglecting my own needs.

i long to do what i want to do.

Leave in search of my dreams.

chorus

but I’m a hostage held by my conscience.

dreaming of being free.

Bridge

What if the grass isn’t greener?

what if I lose what I have?

what will i do, what will I do?

If my life is twice as bad.

Verse

I dug a hole and buried the sun.

Two years ago, today.

I’ve lived in the dark forsaken god.

Struggled to find my way.

Pre chorus

Doubt whispers you won’t make it.

Grief moans, why even try.

Despair took a hold of me.

They’ve all but ruined my life.

Chorus

I can’t outrun what I’ve done.

I can’t un- kill a man.

I can’t un- kill, can’t un kill

I can’t un- kill a man.

Verse

I took a life while robbing a bank.

Two years ago, today.

I’ve been on the run from johnny law.

I’ve thrown my life away.

Pre chorus

Doubt whispers you won’t make it.

Grief moans, why even try.

Despair took a hold of me.

They’ve all but ruined my life.

Chorus

I can’t outrun what I’ve done.

I can’t un- kill a man.

I can’t un- kill, can’t un kill

I can’t un- kill a man.

Bridge

His children have no father.

His wife lost her first love.

His mother lost her youngest.

That’s what a murder does.

Verse

On the horizon a rising sun

Breaks the spell of the night.

I’m feeling relieved to see the light.

But the fight’s far from done.

Pre chorus

Time keeps marching forward.

She doesn’t look back.

Someday even the sun

Will turn cold and black.

Chorus

From the time we’re born.

We’re all on death row.

We’re all on death row.

We’re all on death row.

Verse

There are diamonds of dew in the grass.

 alas they’ll fade away.

Stolen from me like my younger days.

It’s sad to watch them pass.

Pre chorus

Time keeps marching forward.

She doesn’t look back.

Someday even the sun

Will turn cold and black.

Chorus

From the time we’re born.

We’re all on death row.

We’re all on death row.

We’re all on death row.

Bridge

Thru my cell block window.

I watch the new sunrise.

Today at twelve AM.

Is my time to die.

Pre chorus

Time keeps marching forward.

She doesn’t look back.

Someday even the sun

Will turn cold and black.

Chorus

From the time we’re born.

We’re all on death row.

We’re all on death row.

We’re all on death row.

Verse

Old man Otis sat on his front porch swing.

He’d wave when a car passed by.

On occasion he’d sit playing guitar.

To help while away the time.

Pre chorus

His fingers were tight wire walkers.

His voice had a case of the blues.

he told me it was from smoking.

And too many years drinking booze.

Chorus

Last week I heard he passed away.

But I can still hear him playing.

Singing songs from the book of life.

Holding court from his front porch stage.

Verse

He sang songs about people and places.

Songs only the broken know.

He sang songs about heartache and sorrow.

Songs about losing his soul.

Pre chorus

His fingers were tight wire walkers.

His voice had a case of the blues.

he told me it was from smoking.

And too many years drinking booze.

Chorus

Last week I heard he passed away.

But I can still hear him playing.

Singing songs from the book of life.

Holding court from his front porch stage.

Verse

He sang songs about meeting his maker.

Songs about Satan and hell.

His words took me to faraway places.

While his guitar wove a spell.

Pre chorus

His fingers were tight wire walkers.

His voice had a case of the blues.

he told me it was from smoking.

And too many years drinking booze.

Chorus

Last week I heard he passed away.

But I can still hear him playing.

Singing songs from the book of life.

Holding court from his front porch stage.

Bridge

The old man was a storyteller.

Some were true and some were lies.

But I believed every word he said.

I saw the world through his eyes.

Verse

This is the worst-case scenario.

The last thing I wanted to do.

I was hoping we could work it out.

I didn’t want to break up with you.

Pre chorus

I still love you; I still love you.

I don’t want to break your heart.

We’ve tried but we both have struggled.

Oh- love shouldn’t be this hard.

Chorus

Love shouldn’t be, love shouldn’t be;

Love shouldn’t be this hard.

Verse

We were doomed before we got started.

We both wanted for this to work.

I was stubborn and you were spoiled.

I’m sorry that you wound up hurt.

Pre chorus

I still love you; I still love you.

I don’t want to break your heart.

We’ve tried but we both have struggled.

Oh- love shouldn’t be this hard.

Chorus

Love shouldn’t be, love shouldn’t be;

Love shouldn’t be this hard.

Bridge

I hope you find somebody.

Kinder than I am.

You deserve someone better.

Then the man I am.

Long Distance love affair

Verse

You might as well be on Venus.

I may as well be on Mars.

You are ten thousand miles away.

But still tugging on my heart.

Pre chorus

I feel your arms around me.

I smell your perfume.

Yesterday you were with me.

Right here in this room.

Chorus

you can’t stay here with me.

I can’t leave and go there.

Long distance, long distance;

Long distance love affair.

verse

You say you love me then leave me.

I watch as you fly away.

Ten thousand miles, ten thousand miles.

As close as a text away.

Pre chorus

I feel your arms around me.

I smell your perfume.

Yesterday you were with me.

Right here in this room.

Chorus

you can’t stay here with me.

I can’t leave and go there.

Long distance, long distance;

Long distance love affair.

Verse

It’s agony when we’re apart.

It’s ecstasy when you’re here.

How much longer, how much longer

Before we are both in tears?

Pre chorus

I feel your arms around me.

I smell your perfume.

Yesterday you were with me.

Right here in this room.

Chorus

you can’t stay here with me.

I can’t leave and go there.

Long distance, long distance;

Long distance love affair.

Bridge

Kind or cruel we know the rules

But like fools we carry on.

Verse

I was hungry as a wolf for her body.

She was beautiful as a woman can be.

She could have been on the cover of Cosmo.

And she was about to spend the night with me.

Pre chorus

A passionate night making love.

What I thought would be paradise.

Was nothing like I thought it was.

Chorus

 Fantasy’s not reality.

Sex isn’t making love.

Verse

Ooo, she had the body, ooo she had the looks.

She was alluring as a siren could be.

I was mesmerized I was captivated.

To find myself living out my fantasy.

Pre chorus

A passionate night making love.

What I thought would be paradise.

Was nothing like I thought it was.

Chorus

 Fantasy’s not reality.

Sex isn’t making love.

Verse

I was hungry as a wolf for her body.

She was beautiful as a woman can be.

She could have been on the cover of Cosmo.

And she was about to spend the night with me.

Pre chorus

A passionate night making love.

What I thought would be paradise.

Was nothing like I thought it was.

Chorus

 Fantasy’s not reality.

Sex isn’t making love.

Bridge

I missed kissing, I missed the whisper of pleasure.

I missed the treasure of love.

Verse

Last night was the night of no return.

The bridge to forgiveness was burned.

Things were said that we couldn’t take back.

Our resentment had been unmasked.

Pre chorus

We blamed one another, shamed one another.

Our tongues cut like razor blades.

Chorus

What a mess we’ve made,

What a mess we’ve made.

What a mess we’ve made of love.

Verse

What brought love to such a sad demise?

Put these bitter tears in our eyes.

What we’ve lost we can never replace.

All for the cost of saving face.

Pre chorus

We blamed one another, shamed one another.

Our tongues cut like razor blades.

Chorus

What a mess we’ve made,

What a mess we’ve made.

What a mess we’ve made of love.

Bridge

There’re more than miles between us.

There’s a chasm that can’t be crossed.

Time will tell us, take its toll

As we find out what we’ve lost.

Verse

Last night was the night of no return.

The bridge to forgiveness was burned.

Things were said that we couldn’t take back.

Our resentment had been unmasked.

Pre chorus

We blamed one another, shamed one another.

Our tongues cut like razor blades.

Chorus

What a mess we’ve made,

What a mess we’ve made.

What a mess we’ve made of love.