Had a wife, had a kid, then another one
And everybody knows, they can tell something's up
No way I'm getting out and it doesn't cut
Buddy tried to talk me down and I shut him up
You can't turn it off, can't turn it on
Can't help who you want, how you get along
I respond to the song inside
I've been lying too long
And I'm gone

Tried to dream I freed you
But I know it's see-through
I could never need you
And you can never live

Look how far we dragged this
Everything is madness
And my deceit and absence
Are all that I can give

[Hook]
I really did it for love
I really did it for love
I really did it for love

Started with excitement
Just like you and I did
But we had to hide it
And I let it take hold
We can talk and listen
But there's no right decision
Fairness was forbidden
When I went out in the cold

So I'm making like a tree, uprooted, burned down
Chopped and screwed up, everything you've heard now
I've had young love, I've had a few loves
But if it's new love, can't it still be true love?
Answerless, if you're taking it there
Because I can't resist, the romance is bliss
All in the way that she stares, and maybe plays with her hair
Chose to dance with this state of affairs
And I'm sorry

[Bridge]
Can you feel it end
When she turns away again
Can you hear the truth
Though it claws and tears at you

[Hook] 2x

[Bridge]