Collateral Damage
Love's Toll: Navigating Shadows of Collateral Damage
Lyrics
You tempt me with your wild ride
You entice me with your adventurous journey
Living in the darkness of the shadow by your side
Living in the obscurity of the shadow cast by your presence
But for all I give and what I gave
Despite all I offer and what I've given
There's little to be seen of the thanks that you've made
There is little evidence of gratitude for the efforts I've made
And I don't want to be towed like baggage
I don't want to be treated as a burden
Or left behind like the wreckage
Or abandoned like discarded remnants
Maybe I could be loved as a means to an end
Perhaps I could be loved only as a means to an end
Like collateral damage
Similar to the unintended harm in the course of conflict
Alone I wait thru the weeks
Alone I endure through the passing weeks
But no word is louder than your silence speaks
No communication is more powerful than the silence you convey
But if I close mine will yours repeat
If I close my eyes, will your actions be repeated?
The action of a heart accepting defeat
The behavior of a heart surrendering to defeat
I don't want to be towed like baggage
I don't want to be treated as a burden
Or left behind like the wreckage
Or abandoned like discarded remnants
Maybe I could be loved as a means to an end
Perhaps I could be loved only as a means to an end
Like collateral damage
Similar to the unintended harm in the course of conflict
And if I move on and shut you out
If I move forward and exclude you from my life
Held up with pieces that will fail without doubt
Held together with parts that are destined to fail without a doubt
And you open up for me again
If you open up to me once more
And foolish I fall learning nothing from where we've been
And foolishly I fall, gaining no wisdom from our past experiences
I don't want to be towed like baggage
I don't want to be treated as a burden
Or left behind like the wreckage
Or abandoned like discarded remnants
Maybe I could be loved as a means to an end
Perhaps I could be loved only as a means to an end
Like collateral damage
Similar to the unintended harm in the course of conflict
I don't want to be held so careful
I don't want to be handled with excessive caution
Or brushed aside too fragile
Or dismissed as too delicate
I just need to be loved like something that mattered
I simply need to be loved as something that holds significance
Like collateral damage
Similar to unintended harm, like collateral damage
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