Paroles

If Not For Love

I met you in the soft cell of my future mind
A fine place to dance the night away
It’s sure no place to nurse an unborn child
When we’re already going separate ways

Blinded by this everlasting neon light
A brilliance that will never fade away
A cool but tender promise, comfort for one night
How could we think of living in its sway

Too old to be cool, too young to be wise
Too restless to be serious
Too cold to be taken. too fast to be surprised
Knowing but still too curious

And if not for you, if not for me
If not for love we could have been happy

Our hopes and wishes keeping us safely apart
We know love is only meant to make you cry
So feed your head, expand your mind and close your heart
And pray the tears will kindly pass you by

Too close to be trusted, too distant to touch
Too sad to find comfort in anyone
It’s never enough, oh but soon too much
For discontented strangers on the run

And if not for you, if not for me
If not for love we could have been happy
If not for me, if not for you
If not for love we could have joined
The happy few

We shiver in the starlight, get burned in the sun
We choose the highest peak to take our burdens to
We paint our shells in pink and blue, here’s life in the fridge part one
And we’ve only just begun: Here’s Learning to be Down, part two

And if not for you, if not for me
If not for love we could have been happy
If not for love, if not for love
If not for love we could have been
Happy