IN LOVE

IN LOVE

I look to the left and I see what's on the right.

I know this is all wrong but that's all that's in sight.

I look to the right and see what's on the left.

I know I just had my heart but I think there was a theft.

I look down and I see everything that's up.

I see things coming my way that I can't disrupt.

I look up and all I see is down.

I try to walk faster and faster, but I don't gain any ground.

I try to move forward but something keeps pulling me back.

I want to move on, but I can't get my life back on track.

I look behind me and see what's ahead.

Everything looks empty and the future looks dead.

I try to see far but all I see is what's near.

I try to focus, but nothing is clear.

I try to see near but everything seems so far away.

I know when you play with love, there's a price to pay.

I try to climb high but I keep getting low.

I try to escape but there's no place to go.

I try to get low but I'm way up high.

I know I'm going to fall from way up in the sky.

I try to go straight but I keep going around.

I see peoples lips move but I don’t hear a sound.

I try to make a circle but then I go straight.

I know to talk about love now is much too late.

I try to get ahead but I just get farther behind.

I try to see it all but to all I am blind.

I want to fall behind just so I can start over again.

But I know with love, I can never win.

I tried not to fall in love, but I fell head over heels.

I only wanted to play at love just to see how it feels.

The devil's little angel took my heart and went either down below or up above.

When you play at love with the devil's angel, you can never again be IN LOVE.

STANLEY HENDRIX

11/3/09

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