Believe In Love Again

I have never liked getting hurt
My heart is as tender
As a single thread on a spider’s web
It breaks easily

I have lived long enough
and seen enough
For it to seem
That all love does is hurt

I watched as people fell in love
Deeply and passionately
And offered comfort when they were hurt
Broken and rejected
As each year rolled by
Love robbed me of my illusions
And that’s why I chose
To turn my back on love

So I closed up my heart
And built up my defenses
And Whenever love beckoned
I told myself
That it was really something else
I reconciled myself
To a life without love
And made my plans
To go it alone
To close my eyes
To loneliness
But you make me want
To believe in love again

You came into my life
Unexpected, uninvited
You stole into my heart
Like a shadow, a ghost
You came around
And you showed me
With your words and your actions
That everything about you
Was not what I had come to expect
You showed me
What love was really about
And you’ve made me
Come to believe
In love again