If love only knew how scared I was,
How unsure of my happiness I could be.
If love only knew how strange it seemed,
That someone like you would be perfect for me
If I was to say to the one who I met
That love conquered all, surely I'd set
A precedent bound by the thickness of fate
And eventually love would slap me straight
The pain that I feel is shadowed by nothing
It is open, a wound which bleeds
And like a man tethered to a bottle
My world revolves around you
Forgive me dear lady, my sadness consumes
The shallow man, whose love you once knew
Forgive me dear lady, your heart is released
And with one final breath, if love only knew
My heart, it has failed me, my mind faltered too
To the faintest of glimpses I look for you
Somehow you surround me in all that I do
My heart is your victim, my love hurt you too
If love only knew what it is that I'd do
To remember the joy that we shared without sadness
For what good is memory lest you have more to make
And what good is love unless you're there
Like the man bound to glory in the depths of a glass
I have sunken to the depths of abysmal despair
Not from the guilt, nor from the shame
But from the memory of watching you walk away
If love only knew that I'd change all I could
From the moment I hurt you, and misunderstood
What it was that was offered, not only love
But a life with a partner, a gift from above
If love only knew to what depths I would go
If love only knew what I would do to show
That there can only be love in the heart, felt once
And like the man tethered, I am conquered by you
