[Chorus] I think you just may be perfect You're the person of my dreams I never, ever, ever, ever, been this happy But now something has changed And the truth about love is it's all a lie I thought you were the one, and I hate goodbyes
[Verse 2] The truth about love is it's nasty and salty It's the regret in the morning, it's the smelling of armpits It's wings, and songs And trees, and birds It's all the poetry that you ever heard Terror coup d'etat, life line forget-me-nots It's the hunt and the kill The schemes and the plots The truth about love is it's blood, and it's guts Purebreds and mutts Sandwiches without the crust It takes your breath, cuts and leaves a scar But those untouched never got, never got very far It's rage and it's hate And a sick twist of fate And that's the truth about love The truth about love
[Chorus] I think it just may be perfect You're the person of my dreams I never, ever, ever, ever been this happy But now something has changed And the truth about love is it's all a lie I thought you were the one, and I hate goodbyes
[Verse 3] Oh, you can lose your breath and Oh, you can shoot a gun and Convince you're the only one that's ever felt this way before It hurts inside the hurt within and It folds together pocket thin and It's whispered by the angels' lips and It can turn you into a son of a bitch, man
[Outro] The truth, the truth, the truth about love is Truth, the truth, the truth about love is Truth, the truth, the truth about love is Truth, the truth, the truth about love is Truth, the truth, the truth about love is Truth, the truth, the truth about love is Truth, the truth, the truth about love is Truth, the truth, the truth about love is Truth, the truth, the truth about love is Truth, the truth, the truth about love is Truth, the truth, the truth about love is Truth, the truth, the truth about love is Truth, the truth, the truth about love is Truth, the truth, the truth about love is Truth about love
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Lyrically, the title track sets the ground for the rest of her album, and explains how love isn’t as perfect as people may make it seem.
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