Falling Is Like This

you give me that look that's like laughing
 with liquid in your mouth
 like you're choosing between choking
 and spitting it all out
 like you're trying to fight gravity
 on a planet that insists
 that love is like falling
 and falling is like this
 feels like reckless driving when we're talking
 it's fun while it lasts, and it's faster than walking
 but no one's going to sympathize when we crash
 they'll say "you hit what you head for, you get what you ask"
 and we'll say we didn't know, we didn't even try
 one minute there was road beneath us, the next just sky
 i'm sorry i can't help you, i cannot keep you safe
 i'm sorry i can't help myself, so don't look at me that way
 we can't fight gravity on a planet that insists
 that love is like falling
 and falling is like this.