Cause I Know

I promised myself I'd know you

'Til the day one of us dies

And I won't ask you to love me

But that's time enough to try

I won't ask you to give your heart

But please lend it for a while

You'll maybe forget to take it back

Sure, this all sounds juvenile

'Cause I know you cannot love me

'Cause I know you cannot love me

I'm not a fool, you see

Just half my life is spent in hope

A grey-eyed fantasy

In which the laws of God and man

Don't have to be obeyed

Since if those laws were valid

Wouldn't my love slowly fade?

'Cause I know you cannot love me

'Cause I know you cannot love me

'Cause I know you cannot love me

I won't ask you to give your heart

But please lend it for a while

You'll maybe forget to take it back

And I'll get you to the aisle