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The Only Home I Know

I tried to believe in love
To see it through oceans of solitude
I tried to hold this fragile hope
But without care it came unglued
When you see love everywhere
But in your life it’s never there
How much is your vision skewed?
When your beauty can’t be viewed

There’s nowhere left for me to go
But to the only home I know
In the open arms of the abyss
Where there’s comfort in the loneliness

I tried to believe in love
To feel it across deserts of despair
I tried to give myself the chance
But clouds of doubt filled the air
When love appears so far beyond
You reach for it and then it’s gone
How much pain can one heart bear?
Before it’s broken beyond all repair

Now there’s nowhere left for me to go
But to the only home I know
In the open arms of the abyss
Where there’s comfort in the loneliness

You pretend there’s nothing there when I know that it is
I pretend there’s something there when you know that it’s not
And anything and everything that I have my heart gives
But you can’t give me what your heart hasn’t got

I tried to believe in love
To know it above mountains of pain
I tried to live beyond the sorrow
And wrench myself out of disdain
When love rejects all reason
Your heart is guilty of treason
How can you possibly explain?
The way love dies in vain

But there’s nowhere left for me to go
But to the only home I know
In the open arms of the abyss
Where there’s comfort in the loneliness