Nothing but Hope

I'm the lover in full throttle

That can never quite get laid

I'm the modern Aristotle

Of rhetoric renegades

You're the beauty out the bottle

Of overflowing lemonade

Was it me that you'd forgotten

While you were making your escape?

In velvet cloaks he smokes cigars

While you're running out of steam

In your rose pink leotard

Yeah, It's true

Whether you're with him or you aren't

I'd probably still be in pieces

Trying to make peace with you

But if this was all for nothing

Then we wouldn't be where we are

You're the rascal so unkind

That torments my foolish mind

Because I ever believed in you

Is he the type that you decide

Might be worth giving a try

While you're passing through

Am I the only one who ever took your punches

Or does he take them too?

Where I imagined you undressed

Lying in an empty bed

He lies there too

But if this was all for nothing

Then we wouldn't be where we are

And if there was so little hope in running

We would never have got this far

I know you're with him now

I'm not looking to fight

So can we skip disaster

Living could really begin now

He can have the night

But I'd like the morning after

And when you slip

And you begin to think

This step might get a little bit risky

Did you miss me enough to drink

Or drink enough to miss me?

If this was all for nothing

Then we wouldn't be where we are

If there was so little hope in running

We would never have got this far

Must be some hope in that