In that stern look
Reciting countless threats of what not to touch
Of what not to do, of what not to say
No matter how sharp those eyes seem to be
Even those windows to your soul betray you
It shows me something else
It shows me there is love
In that heartbreaking comment
That I look too thin now or too fat then
That I look awful in my make-up
That my perfume leaves a mind-numbing scent
Even those words in your mouth betray you
It tells me something else
It tells me there is love
In that fiery attack at my opinions
That I sound so stupid, so childish, so naive
That I do not think as well as you
Or that I never will be as good as you
Even those sentiments you keep hid in your heart betray you
Because I feel something else
I feel there is love
For beyond your look are the eyes that I miss
Beyond your words are the lips I long to kiss
Beyond your thoughts are the plans that I ardently wish
And beyond this life is a love I can call my bliss
So go ahead and give me that look
Pierce through my soul, cut within
And while you’re at it, Why not burn it, peel this skin?
Grip my heart so tight, crush it with all your strength
Take its life in the very palm of your unforgiving hand
Say the meanest words you can ever come up with
Make up stories, mock me with your melodies
Do your best. And hey, do your worst
For there is nothing I fear now
There is nothing I feel
There is nothing I see
And there is nothing I long for
But to take this love of yours, catch it and bottle it up
Chain it, bury it and keep it for all its worth
Because no matter what you do
And no matter how I think
It hits me with something else
It hits me with such powerful contradiction.
It hits me with sorrowful happiness
With an unmistakable mix of inexplicable emotions
That proves to me — time and again
That you are, after all — all love
You may be the puzzle I can never put together
The equation I will never figure out
The song I can never sing in perfect tune
Yet one touch is all it takes
I die in ecstasy in your warm embrace
And I know in an instant, oh I know it too well
There is great love deep within you
There is love where you are
And I resolve to live and die perplexed
Under its irresistible spell