Lyrics

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