Power

I can't say I love you 'cause that would allow her To control my heart like the wind to a flower Blown by the breeze, tossed around as it scours For someone who won't turn its love into power She knows the game more than I've ever seen Plays her cards with such ease, no one's seen up her sleeve It's hard to trust someone who's so good a liar The more you go closer, the more that you wonder All her compliments, were they more than chatter? Or have I always just been rungs on a ladder? I can't say I love you 'cause that would allow her To control my heart like the wind to a flower Blown by the breeze, tossed around as it scours For someone who won't turn its love into power I don't mean to sound narcissistic and sour But my hesitations only growing louder So call me a pessimist, call me a coward But I still don't trust when she says, "I don't love you for power" Oh, I try not to care, so I don't lose my cool When I do, my brain goes all numb like a fool Like a thief in the night, she works behind the scene Steals your heart when it's dark, so one ever sees And I couldn't see her intentions if they were the sun Love is blind, but her silence makes sorry enough I can't say I love you 'cause that would allow her To control my heart like the wind to a flower Blown by the breeze, tossed around as it scours For someone who won't turn its love into power I don't mean to sound narcissistic and sour But my hesitations only growing louder So call me a pessimist, call me a coward But I still don't trust when she says, "I don't love you for power" (Power, power, power) So call me a pessimist, call me a coward But I still don't trust when she says, "I don't love you for power"