[Verse 1]
What is love
Oh
That hollow waste of time
Dress it up in borrowed lines
Feels so high
Then it rewinds
What is love
An excuse to stay awake
Trading sleep for one more ache
Writing names you’ll have to break
[Chorus]
What’s love
But a story we keep telling
Just to feel our hearts are swelling
For a minute we’re enough
What’s love
An attempt at not being shallow
Till the tide becomes your shadow
And it swallows who you were
Little dove
(what’s love, what’s love)
[Verse 2]
What is love
It’s a hand that pulls you in
Then it maps your every sin
Says “begin
” then says “give in”
What is love
It’s a mirror in the dark
Shows the bruise beneath the spark
Paints a target on your heart
A Black Tower hits you in the dark
In massive Illusion Overdrive
Downstairs where the hounds won’t bark
(whispers:) You still think your love will thrive.
[Chorus]
What’s love
But a story we keep telling
Just to feel our hearts are swelling
For a minute we’re enough
What’s love
An attempt at not being shallow
Till the tide becomes your shadow
And it swallows who you were
Little dove
(oh, little dove)
What is Love?
Oh, that hollow waste of Time
That with a rhyme,
Seems to put you up above.
I said: What’s Love?
An attempt at not being shallow,
It will eventually swallow
All your being, little dove.
And what is Love?
It is just like a cheap drug
That will make you land upon the rug,
Happily, then make you sick –
Now, my friend, that is Love! –