If You Can't Love Me
๐ต 2254 characters
โฑ๏ธ 4:34 duration
๐ ID: 26700221
๐ Lyrics
Please sit down, just talk to me
We'll see if we can talk this through
I've tried so hard to understand it
Just tell me something that's close to the truth
I'd rather you were cruel than kind
Is all that I'm demanding
I've given up on peace of mind
For the open wound of understanding
You can't be here and someplace else
If your mind is in that other place
You're trying to convince yourself
But you're lying in my face
I've listened 'til my head would spin
I don't want half of anything
The sand sits in the hourglass
And time slips through our fingers fast
Your counterfeits deceived me
If you can't love me this way
Then you must leave me
Tell me how it came to this
Just don't think to spare me this
Perhaps the truth can set us free
From the half truths ensnaring you and me
This black hole of intensity
Collapses on its density
And sucks me to a darker place
That hides behind a broken face
Keep up appearances they say
And all those reasons you might stay
Ring hollow in my mind today
I've listened 'til my head would spin
I don't want half of anything
I don't want half of anything
The fields are sown with seeds of doubt
The wine is warm, you spit it out
This drinking won't relieve me
If you can't love me this way
If you can't love me this way
If you can't love me this way
Then you must leave me
The patterns in the distant stars
Our fates upon a loom
The changes in the temperature
When you walked into a room
The smell of your perfume
The taste of your skin
All those bitter reminders
Of the failed state I'm in
How do I breathe now? How do I inhale?
I'm a diver on the seabed, my oxygen's failed
How do I wake up? How do I sleep?
How do I laugh now? I can't even weep
Where do I run to? Where do I hide?
An insect preserved in formaldehyde
Yesterday's paper its pages curled
How can I live in this broken world?
Keep up appearances they say
And all those reasons you might stay
Ring hollow in my mind today
I've listened 'til my head would spin
I don't want half of anything
I don't want half of anything
The sand it falls in the hourglass
And time slips through our fingers fast
And nothing that you say relieves me
If you can't love me this way
If you can't love me this way
If you can't love me this way
Then you must leave me
We'll see if we can talk this through
I've tried so hard to understand it
Just tell me something that's close to the truth
I'd rather you were cruel than kind
Is all that I'm demanding
I've given up on peace of mind
For the open wound of understanding
You can't be here and someplace else
If your mind is in that other place
You're trying to convince yourself
But you're lying in my face
I've listened 'til my head would spin
I don't want half of anything
The sand sits in the hourglass
And time slips through our fingers fast
Your counterfeits deceived me
If you can't love me this way
Then you must leave me
Tell me how it came to this
Just don't think to spare me this
Perhaps the truth can set us free
From the half truths ensnaring you and me
This black hole of intensity
Collapses on its density
And sucks me to a darker place
That hides behind a broken face
Keep up appearances they say
And all those reasons you might stay
Ring hollow in my mind today
I've listened 'til my head would spin
I don't want half of anything
I don't want half of anything
The fields are sown with seeds of doubt
The wine is warm, you spit it out
This drinking won't relieve me
If you can't love me this way
If you can't love me this way
If you can't love me this way
Then you must leave me
The patterns in the distant stars
Our fates upon a loom
The changes in the temperature
When you walked into a room
The smell of your perfume
The taste of your skin
All those bitter reminders
Of the failed state I'm in
How do I breathe now? How do I inhale?
I'm a diver on the seabed, my oxygen's failed
How do I wake up? How do I sleep?
How do I laugh now? I can't even weep
Where do I run to? Where do I hide?
An insect preserved in formaldehyde
Yesterday's paper its pages curled
How can I live in this broken world?
Keep up appearances they say
And all those reasons you might stay
Ring hollow in my mind today
I've listened 'til my head would spin
I don't want half of anything
I don't want half of anything
The sand it falls in the hourglass
And time slips through our fingers fast
And nothing that you say relieves me
If you can't love me this way
If you can't love me this way
If you can't love me this way
Then you must leave me
โฑ๏ธ Synced Lyrics
[00:21.40] Please sit down, just talk to me
[00:24.42] We'll see if we can talk this through
[00:27.53] I've tried so hard to understand it
[00:30.48] Just tell me something that's close to the truth
[00:33.68] I'd rather you were cruel than kind
[00:36.35] Is all that I'm demanding
[00:39.59] I've given up on peace of mind
[00:42.53] For the open wound of understanding
[00:45.57] You can't be here and someplace else
[00:48.76] If your mind is in that other place
[00:51.45] You're trying to convince yourself
[00:54.33] But you're lying in my face
[00:57.85] I've listened 'til my head would spin
[01:00.54] I don't want half of anything
[01:03.90] The sand sits in the hourglass
[01:06.97] And time slips through our fingers fast
[01:09.77] Your counterfeits deceived me
[01:13.11] If you can't love me this way
[01:16.38] Then you must leave me
[01:20.27]
[01:25.15] Tell me how it came to this
[01:28.31] Just don't think to spare me this
[01:31.43] Perhaps the truth can set us free
[01:34.21] From the half truths ensnaring you and me
[01:37.67] This black hole of intensity
[01:40.49] Collapses on its density
[01:43.59] And sucks me to a darker place
[01:46.49] That hides behind a broken face
[01:49.62] Keep up appearances they say
[01:52.23] And all those reasons you might stay
[01:55.68] Ring hollow in my mind today
[01:58.65] I've listened 'til my head would spin
[02:01.64] I don't want half of anything
[02:04.70] I don't want half of anything
[02:07.79] The fields are sown with seeds of doubt
[02:10.92] The wine is warm, you spit it out
[02:13.78] This drinking won't relieve me
[02:17.15] If you can't love me this way
[02:22.82] If you can't love me this way
[02:28.61] If you can't love me this way
[02:31.62] Then you must leave me
[02:35.48]
[02:40.59] The patterns in the distant stars
[02:43.68] Our fates upon a loom
[02:46.85] The changes in the temperature
[02:49.24] When you walked into a room
[02:52.91] The smell of your perfume
[02:55.15] The taste of your skin
[02:59.00] All those bitter reminders
[03:01.18] Of the failed state I'm in
[03:05.36] How do I breathe now? How do I inhale?
[03:08.28] I'm a diver on the seabed, my oxygen's failed
[03:11.64] How do I wake up? How do I sleep?
[03:13.88] How do I laugh now? I can't even weep
[03:17.02] Where do I run to? Where do I hide?
[03:20.35] An insect preserved in formaldehyde
[03:23.56] Yesterday's paper its pages curled
[03:26.41] How can I live in this broken world?
[03:29.65] Keep up appearances they say
[03:32.35] And all those reasons you might stay
[03:35.63] Ring hollow in my mind today
[03:38.68] I've listened 'til my head would spin
[03:41.44] I don't want half of anything
[03:44.79] I don't want half of anything
[03:47.92] The sand it falls in the hourglass
[03:51.14] And time slips through our fingers fast
[03:54.48] And nothing that you say relieves me
[03:57.55] If you can't love me this way
[04:03.03] If you can't love me this way
[04:08.63] If you can't love me this way
[04:11.78] Then you must leave me
[04:13.82]
[00:24.42] We'll see if we can talk this through
[00:27.53] I've tried so hard to understand it
[00:30.48] Just tell me something that's close to the truth
[00:33.68] I'd rather you were cruel than kind
[00:36.35] Is all that I'm demanding
[00:39.59] I've given up on peace of mind
[00:42.53] For the open wound of understanding
[00:45.57] You can't be here and someplace else
[00:48.76] If your mind is in that other place
[00:51.45] You're trying to convince yourself
[00:54.33] But you're lying in my face
[00:57.85] I've listened 'til my head would spin
[01:00.54] I don't want half of anything
[01:03.90] The sand sits in the hourglass
[01:06.97] And time slips through our fingers fast
[01:09.77] Your counterfeits deceived me
[01:13.11] If you can't love me this way
[01:16.38] Then you must leave me
[01:20.27]
[01:25.15] Tell me how it came to this
[01:28.31] Just don't think to spare me this
[01:31.43] Perhaps the truth can set us free
[01:34.21] From the half truths ensnaring you and me
[01:37.67] This black hole of intensity
[01:40.49] Collapses on its density
[01:43.59] And sucks me to a darker place
[01:46.49] That hides behind a broken face
[01:49.62] Keep up appearances they say
[01:52.23] And all those reasons you might stay
[01:55.68] Ring hollow in my mind today
[01:58.65] I've listened 'til my head would spin
[02:01.64] I don't want half of anything
[02:04.70] I don't want half of anything
[02:07.79] The fields are sown with seeds of doubt
[02:10.92] The wine is warm, you spit it out
[02:13.78] This drinking won't relieve me
[02:17.15] If you can't love me this way
[02:22.82] If you can't love me this way
[02:28.61] If you can't love me this way
[02:31.62] Then you must leave me
[02:35.48]
[02:40.59] The patterns in the distant stars
[02:43.68] Our fates upon a loom
[02:46.85] The changes in the temperature
[02:49.24] When you walked into a room
[02:52.91] The smell of your perfume
[02:55.15] The taste of your skin
[02:59.00] All those bitter reminders
[03:01.18] Of the failed state I'm in
[03:05.36] How do I breathe now? How do I inhale?
[03:08.28] I'm a diver on the seabed, my oxygen's failed
[03:11.64] How do I wake up? How do I sleep?
[03:13.88] How do I laugh now? I can't even weep
[03:17.02] Where do I run to? Where do I hide?
[03:20.35] An insect preserved in formaldehyde
[03:23.56] Yesterday's paper its pages curled
[03:26.41] How can I live in this broken world?
[03:29.65] Keep up appearances they say
[03:32.35] And all those reasons you might stay
[03:35.63] Ring hollow in my mind today
[03:38.68] I've listened 'til my head would spin
[03:41.44] I don't want half of anything
[03:44.79] I don't want half of anything
[03:47.92] The sand it falls in the hourglass
[03:51.14] And time slips through our fingers fast
[03:54.48] And nothing that you say relieves me
[03:57.55] If you can't love me this way
[04:03.03] If you can't love me this way
[04:08.63] If you can't love me this way
[04:11.78] Then you must leave me
[04:13.82]