I was gonna be noticed Gonna suffer my way to fame I was gonna lay claim To every daydream Till love got in the way To the ambitious I am a warning A tale of unnecessary waste But they don't know I gained it All When I gave up everything And love got in the way When love got in the way It stripped me down bare To the flame And all that I wanted Reduced to one person A mystery that can't be explained It lights up a fire underneath you It cleans out the filth from your Eyes And someday you'll have little left And then I'm sure you won't Regret That it saved you in time When love got in the way It stripped me down bare To the flame And all that I wanted Reduced to one person A mystery that can't be explained When love gets in the way It forces your body to change And all of my petty dreams Compared to the real thing Getting further and further away