We all lead such elaborate lives
Wild ambitions, innocence
How an affair of the heart survives
Days apart and hurried nights
Seems quite unbelievable to me
I don't want to live like that
Seems quite unbelievable to me
I don't want a love like that
I just want our time to be
Slower and gentler, wiser, free
We all live in extravagant times
Playing games, weak and tall
Weep unintended emotional crimes
Take some out, take others in
I'm so tired of all we're going through
I don't want to live like that
I'm so tired of all we're going through
I don't want a love like that
I just want to be with you
You know that forever is for true
I wish I had the courage to tell you face to face
But I could wait forever for the perfect time and place
We all live such elaborate lives
We don't know these words are true
Strangers, lovers, husbands, wives
But I know who's loved and who
Too many choices tear us apart
I don't want to live like that
Too many choices tear us apart
I don't want a love like that
I just want to touch your heart
May this confession be the start
Oh, yeah