Never Knew Love

I never knew love could be like this

I never knew love could be like this

I go around thinking I'm a genius

But I never knew love could be like this



Cartography

Is not my métier

And the mountain side of daydreams

Too steep for me today

Lovers lost before us

And most did not return

The few who so held out hardy

Now going down and burned



I never knew love could be like this

Was anyone else but me surprised?

How anything happens is mysterious

And I never knew love could be like this



Biography

Is all they understand

No semaphore or secrets

Or just good old pretend

Now they all are sleeping

But this keeps us awake

These words, they need safekeeping

A promise not to break



I never knew love could be like this

I never knew love could be like this

I go around thinking I'm a genius

But I never knew love

Has it ever been love?

Oh, I never knew love could be like this