Does It Matter

The daring of despair has led me back to my old home
 Paralyzed by patterns, squeezing blood out of a stone
 You're sitting there before me, but I'm haunted by your ghost
 Cast up by the tempest here on some deserted shore
 I wish you loved me more
 Enough to stay when morning comes
 Oh the damage, oh the weight
 I wish it all were done
 'Cause I just can't stop loving you
 No matter what I do or how hard I might try
 I can't let go, so still I cry
 'Cause I just can't stop loving you
 No matter what I do
 The butterfly flies to the light, but I head for the mire
 Captivated by your cruelty, tortured by desire
 We're only bones and bruises now, sadistic, base, and vile
 You bring out all the worst in me, you make me like a child
 We're toxic but it feels so good
 I'm crying through a smile
 We're gutting all the ones we love
 But doing it in style
 'Cause I just can't stop loving you
 No matter what I do or how hard I might try
 I can't let go, I die inside
 'Cause I just can't stop loving you
 No matter what I do
 Unending echoes in a resonating shell
 We have created our own hell
 All steeped in lies
 We dream too much to try to sleep
 This is the tyranny of weakness
 We could leave, but we won't try
 'Cause I just can't stop loving you
 No matter what I do
 Or how hard I might cry
 I can't let go or make this right
 'Cause I just can't stop loving you
 No matter what I do