A compass can't tell which way is up
and so we travel paths we said we'd never
follow, like being careless with "I love you"
and seeing clearly that where we're going
is wrong or knowing who exactly not to give
our hearts, then doing it not once, but twice
It's as simple as twice one makes two:
habits are always harder to kick than take up,
and love is rarely earned but often given.
A stranger gains appeal just because you've never
seen his face before, and careful rules go
out the window when the stranger bats his eyes at you.
"Good as new" means "new is good" to you,
when the devil you don't know is a handsome devil too.
Who cares where he came from or where he's going?
All you need to know is how your heart speeds up
to feverish pace as you forget what "never
again" means, and your soul readies to forgive.
For your soul knows at first glance someday you'll give
him another last chance to hurt you,
never learning, never saying never
is too soon to end this dance towards
the edge of never waking up,
and knowing that's where it was always going.
It's a vicious one as cycles go;
you never get back all of what was given.
Eventually, your mind will be made up
when the devil who never hid is revealed to you
and you'll miss everything that they say takes two,
while the still-bleeding part whispers "never."
In the heart, it's amazing how short never
can become, and the pain must be going
somewhere, because another stranger to
your brand of love has now arrived to give
you another ride on a bicycle built for you.
Something definitely broke in that break up.
It may be part of growing up to go
through pain you'd never thought life could give,
but don't worry, it won't kill you too.
and so we travel paths we said we'd never
follow, like being careless with "I love you"
and seeing clearly that where we're going
is wrong or knowing who exactly not to give
our hearts, then doing it not once, but twice
It's as simple as twice one makes two:
habits are always harder to kick than take up,
and love is rarely earned but often given.
A stranger gains appeal just because you've never
seen his face before, and careful rules go
out the window when the stranger bats his eyes at you.
"Good as new" means "new is good" to you,
when the devil you don't know is a handsome devil too.
Who cares where he came from or where he's going?
All you need to know is how your heart speeds up
to feverish pace as you forget what "never
again" means, and your soul readies to forgive.
For your soul knows at first glance someday you'll give
him another last chance to hurt you,
never learning, never saying never
is too soon to end this dance towards
the edge of never waking up,
and knowing that's where it was always going.
It's a vicious one as cycles go;
you never get back all of what was given.
Eventually, your mind will be made up
when the devil who never hid is revealed to you
and you'll miss everything that they say takes two,
while the still-bleeding part whispers "never."
In the heart, it's amazing how short never
can become, and the pain must be going
somewhere, because another stranger to
your brand of love has now arrived to give
you another ride on a bicycle built for you.
Something definitely broke in that break up.
It may be part of growing up to go
through pain you'd never thought life could give,
but don't worry, it won't kill you too.