Like sugar on my tongue,

A pass of breath through my lungs,

The sweetest thing I've ever known,

Your fingertips on my collarbone.

I want to be in love with you,

once again and once more.

I hold myself back from even trying to,

And it hurts me right down to the floor.

I tried to save you from the merciless bullets,

life from a wrong hand of cards,

streets from any wrong turns,

foes from any wrong words,

And you gave my heart a shove, push, kick, slap to the face...

It hurts to love someone right down to the bass of their voice,

No matter what I kept worryin, no matter what things you said

I kept hurryin for you to turn your cheek with a gentle kiss on your head.

You said there was nothing beautiful in life.

Have you ever seen a wedding, the love between a man as his wife?
How can you see a world of colors when your eyes are bathed in red?

And baby, what good are you to anyone if you are dead?

And getting wealthy is something you'd like to be.

Did you learn nothing from me? All those hours spent smilin,

All that time I spent crying in the corner of my mind,

Praying that next phone call won't be the last time.

Maybe I took things out of proportion, I'm sorry.

Its just I've never had someone with such emotion.

I truly thought you were someone who I could give all of my devotion.

And maybe I like hurtin over you.

I like to think that I had something true...