Can't Fight (Tough Love)

Could it have been just a quick stroll?
Call it a once-around-the-bend
c nuisance became friend
So, is it exactly what you came for?
Caught it in June, too soon to call
Thought in fall, a shadow saw oh
I can't fight, I can't fight, I can't fight it
Sieges of pleases and I-told-you-sos
I came by to confide, but not to say hello
No, I can't fight it anymore
I can't fight, I can't fight, I can't fight it
Seasons of reasons at a bargain
Oh, I came by to confide, but not to say hello
Could it have been after the sea-saw
Stricken with “the stares”
How could I be prepared?
I bade it away to dream of new joy
Shaking with the words, mixed emotion, let it stir
Oh, is it exactly what you came for?
Should I repeat the swords or let them bounce around the world?
I can't fight, I can't fight, I can't fight it
Sieges of pleases and I told you so's
I came by to confide, but not to say hello
No, I can't fight it anymore
I can't fight, I can't fight, I can't fight it
Seasons of reasons at a bargain
Oh, I came by to confide, but not to say hello
No, I can't fight it anymore
I can't fight it anymore
I can't fight it anymore
It's really about the love, not the pain or the promised light,
No, not enough promises that could make this feel alright
It's the love, that creeps up through my legs and buckles my knees and freezes my pulse for the longest second of my life
It's the love, that rocks me awake in the middle of the night, and what goes through my head as I see time grace your face and your hands and your smile, steady, always through the limps and the trips and the missing teeth
cll this love stored inside me is a match stick to my heart, forcing me to go up in flames at the thought that one day this love, this love is all I'll have left of you
I'll stay if you say so
I'll stain your memory in love
I'll stay if you say so
I'll stain your memory in love