I'm just the pieces of the man I used to be
Too many bitter tears are raining down on me
I'm far away from home
And I've been facing this alone
For much too long
Oh, I feel like no-one ever told the truth to me
About growing up and what a struggle it would be
In my tangled state of mind
I've been looking back to find
Where I went wrong
Too much love will kill you
If you can't make up your mind
Torn between the lover
And the love you leave behind
You're headed for disaster
'Cause you never read the signs
Too much love will kill you - every time
I'm just the shadow of the man I used to be
And it seems like there's no way out of this for me
I used to bring you sunshine
Now all I ever do is bring you down
Oh, how would it be if you were standing in my shoes
Can't you see that it's impossible to choose
No there's no making sense of it
Every way I go I'm bound to lose
Oh yes
Too much love will kill you
Just as sure as none at all
It'll drain the power that's in you
Make you plead and scream and crawl
And the pain will make you crazy
You're the victim of your crime
Too much love will kill you every time
Yes, too much love will kill you
It'll make your life a lie
Yes, too much love will kill you
And you won't understand why
You'd give your life, you'd sell your soul
But here it comes again
Too much love will kill you
In the end
In the end
Too many bitter tears are raining down on me
I'm far away from home
And I've been facing this alone
For much too long
Oh, I feel like no-one ever told the truth to me
About growing up and what a struggle it would be
In my tangled state of mind
I've been looking back to find
Where I went wrong
Too much love will kill you
If you can't make up your mind
Torn between the lover
And the love you leave behind
You're headed for disaster
'Cause you never read the signs
Too much love will kill you - every time
I'm just the shadow of the man I used to be
And it seems like there's no way out of this for me
I used to bring you sunshine
Now all I ever do is bring you down
Oh, how would it be if you were standing in my shoes
Can't you see that it's impossible to choose
No there's no making sense of it
Every way I go I'm bound to lose
Oh yes
Too much love will kill you
Just as sure as none at all
It'll drain the power that's in you
Make you plead and scream and crawl
And the pain will make you crazy
You're the victim of your crime
Too much love will kill you every time
Yes, too much love will kill you
It'll make your life a lie
Yes, too much love will kill you
And you won't understand why
You'd give your life, you'd sell your soul
But here it comes again
Too much love will kill you
In the end
In the end
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Oh and furthermore, I use to enjoy the thrill of sleeping around. Opportunity presents itself everyday, everywhere. But now that I am older and more mature, my motto is "go fuck on someone else". I have a lot of self respect for myself. Human behavior is really fucking weird and you got to set limits.
Its not that weird. We're all humans born to survive...just like animals. haha. 'You and me baby aint nothin but mammals so lets do it like they do on the discovery channel.'
Oh sex is great, I love it. What I was implying about human behavior is fucking weird is that a person has to set limits sort of like self control or they become nothing but an object and it mentally can have a negative effect. We are like animals, ever situation is unique, whether we're the predators or the prey. It's a fun chase and kil of the chase game, don't get me wrong, but limits must be set.
in2sight, I hate to say though - based on your own comments - that you don't quite get the song. The song is about TRULY loving the person you are with, yet you still choose to stray - AND before you know it, you FALL in LOVE with the new lover - THEN you are being killed by too much love - as this song indicates - because you are stuck between which of the two to be with. This song is not about just sleeping around but actually having feelings for BOTH lovers and then trying to sort it all out. The pain of it all. And yes you are dead right about mentally our behavior has a negative effect on us. But it can ALSO have a horrendous emotional affect on us (as this song speaks of). We don't realize it until we are trapped.<br /> <br /> That is what I was trying to let others know...there are MANY reasons not to pursue others while being committed, but what this song speaks of...what you can possibly end up doing to yourself can be devastating.