When Love Got in the Way
Love's Transformative Embrace in 'When Love Got in the Way'
Lyrics
I was gonna be noticed
I had aspirations of being noticed.
Gonna suffer my way to fame
Planned to endure hardships on the path to fame.
I was gonna lay claim
Intended to assert ownership over every daydream.
To every daydream
Wanted to make each daydream mine.
Till love got in the way
My plans changed when love intervened.
To the ambitious I am a warning
To those with ambition, I serve as a cautionary tale.
A tale of unnecessary waste
A story of unnecessary waste.
But they don't know I gained it All
They are unaware that I gained everything by giving up.
When I gave up everything
I gained when I sacrificed everything.
And love got in the way
Love became a central factor in this transformation.
When love got in the way
Love altered my essence.
It stripped me down bare
It exposed me completely to the flame of truth.
To the flame
Reduced me to my bare, vulnerable self.
And all that I wanted
All my desires focused on one person.
Reduced to one person
A mystery that cannot be easily understood.
A mystery that can't be explained
It lights up a fire underneath you
Love ignites a passion within, driving motivation.
It cleans out the filth from your Eyes
It purges the impurities from your perspective.
And someday you'll have little left
Over time, you may have very little left.
And then I'm sure you won't
Yet, you won't regret it.
Regret
Love saves you in the nick of time.
That it saved you in time
When love got in the way
Love, once again, altered my essence.
It stripped me down bare
Exposed me to the truth, leaving me vulnerable.
To the flame
Reduced my desires to one central person.
And all that I wanted
All my aspirations focused on that individual.
Reduced to one person
A mystery that defies easy explanation.
A mystery that can't be explained
When love gets in the way
When love becomes a central force in life.
It forces your body to change
It compels physical and emotional transformation.
And all of my petty dreams
Trivial dreams pale in comparison to true love.
Compared to the real thing
Real love distances itself from superficial dreams.
Getting further and further away
True love becomes more distant from mere aspirations.
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