A Broken Frame

I've read more than a hundred books
Seen love mentioned many thousand times
But despite all the places i've looked
It's still no clearer it's just not enough
I'm still no nearer the meaning of love

Noted down all my observations
Spent an evening watching television
Still i couldn't say with precision
Know it's a feeling and it comes from above
But what's the meaning, the meaning of love?

The meaning of love
Tell me the meaning of love

From the notes that i've made so far
Love seems something like wanting a scar
But i could be wrong, i'm just not sure you see,
I've never been in love before

Next i asked several friends of mine
If they could spare a few minutes of their time
Their look suggested that i'd lost my mind
Tell me the answer, my lord high above
Tell me the meaning, the meaning of love

The meaning of love
Tell me the meaning of love

From the notes that i've made so far
Love seems something like wanting a scar
But i could be wrong, i'm just not sure you see,
I've never been in love before

Tell me the meaning of love

When the site was found we laid the foundations down
It didn't take long before they came back tumbling down
Don't build at night, you need a little light
How else you gonna see what it's gonna be like?

So we picked up our tools and we worked in the morning light
With the last stone placed wasn't it a wonderful sight?
But it fell back down and scattered all around
Anything passes when you need glasses

My monument
It fell down

Work all of my days for this kind of praise
It fell down

I've told myself so many times before
But this time i think i mean it for sure
We have reached a full stop
Nothing's gonna save us from the big drop

Reached our natural conclusion
Outlived the illusion
I hate being in these situations
That call for diplomatic relations

If i only knew the answer
Or i thought we had a chance
Or i could stop this
I would stop this thing from spreading like a cancer

What can i say? (i don't want to play) anymore
What can i say? i'm heading for the door
I can't stand this emotional violence
Leave in silence

We've been running around in circles all year
Doing this and that and getting nowhere
This'll be the last time
(i think i said that last time)

If i only had a potion,
Some magical lotion
That could stop this, i would stop this
I would set the wheels in motion

What can i say? (i don't want to play) anymore
What can i say? i'm heading for the door
I can't stand this emotional violence
Leave in silence

All i want to do is see you again
Is that too much to ask for?
I just want to see your sweet smile
Smiled the way it was before

Well i'll try not to hold you
And i'll try not to kiss you
And i won't even touch you

All i want to do is see you
Don't you know that it's true

I remember the days when we'd walk through the woods
And sit on a bench for a while
I treasure the way we used to laugh and play
And look in each others eyes

You can keep me at a distance if you don't trust my resistance
But i swear i won't touch you

All i want to do is see you
Don't you know that it's true

Well i know five years is a long time
And that times change (oh that times change)
But i think that you will find
People are basically the same (basically the same)

If the water's still flowing, we can go for a swim
And do the things we used to do
And if i'm reluctant you can pull me in
And we can relive our youth

Oh but we'll stay friendly like sister and brother
Though i think i still love you
All i want to do is see you
Don't you know that it's true?

What good is a photograph of you?
Every time i look at it
It makes me feel blue

What use is a souvenir of something
We once had
When all it ever does is
Make me feel bad

I wish i could tear it up
But then again i haven't the guts
I wish i could throw it on the fire
I wish i could
But to say i would
I'd be a liar

What good is a color print of a little baby doll?
When just one little glance is enough to make me feel dull

I wish i would misplace it
But then i take such good care of it
I wish it would disappear
I say i wish
But then i relish it being here

What good is a photograph of you?
Every time i look at it
It makes me feel blue