Tortured By Love

Confusion is all that we had ever known To be honest, we never had anything But when we were together It felt like I had everything You lived right down the street from me But all you offered were excuses to me I could feel it, that things had changed But I still wanted to believe that I mattered anyways You were doing your own thing No time for me Though I had loved you all of those Little times in between I used to pray That maybe some day We could be something more Than just waves crashing on an abandoned shore Just like the ocean Receding, repeating Had depth, yet in areas, shallow Naive, I didn't know that love Required balance on both ends Unaware of the dangers in the sea That I could love a man But the man didn't have to Reciprocate love to me It used to secretly drive me crazy All of the things I've never told you So many things were changing in my life When I just wanted one second to hold you If you wanted me to forget about you Then you should have told me to try Because I had held on so tightly And didn't even know why Eventually I left what I had so desperately wanted In pursuit to find something better If you hadn't missed me when I was there Why would I expect you to miss me ever It's not worth the wait Don't hold out your love for anyone Who is not worth the chase Or who won't even take the bait. You deserve better than to be tortured by love.