Love This Way

Love This Way
I think I'll always miss you
You've always been so far away but you
You say that you won't have me
Unless you can have me your way
To have or have not of a redheaded girl
Who's scared of herself and mad at the world
Your words pierce through me like a sword in my side
But I'll trust my instincts
And run off and hide
I think it's time that I learned how to let you go
But these things are easier said than done
And I know that this time that I can't just walk away
But you know that in the past,
That I've learned how to run.
I've tried so hard this time to stay
And I've played this part on your stage
And I know I could love you better
But what else can I say
That I don't want to leave you, I don't want to leave you
But I don't want to love you this way.
I have a constant companion with you always on my mind
Sometimes I think I miss being alone
At night I reach out into the cold dark bed
Cause the closest I can get to you is over the phone
I stare at your picture, I don't remember your touch
And I'm dying inside missing you this much
I wish you were an asshole, it'd be easier to leave
But you're sweeter than the sunshine
So the only asshole here is me
And I think it's time that we learned how to say goodbye
But these words aren't so easily said
And I know that I have your heart clutched in my hands
But I think this time, I'd better let go instead
Cause I've tried so hard this time to stay
And I've played this part on your stage
And I know I could love you better
But what else can I say
I don't want to leave you, I don't want to leave you
But I don't want to love you this way
And you won't be my friend so I'll take it in stride
But I'm welling up with feelings,
I never learned how to hide
So I'll turn a deaf heart
Let your pain fall away cause I don't want to leave you
I don't want to leave you, I don't want to leave you
But I don't know how to love you
I don't want to leave you but
I don't want to love you this way.