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Not Because I Want To, But I Need To


I don’t love because I want to, but because I need to

I’m not saying that love is a horrible thing

But if I didn’t have to love, I wouldn’t love

 

It’s like a mother who wants to give vegetables to her child

The child doesn’t want to eat them

Yet the mom forces the kid to eat them anyways

For she knows that it’s for his own good

But who says that anything is good for us?

For having anything to the excess can be bad for you

 

Like a person who got addicted to drugs

It’s bad enough just a little

But with an overdose

It’s fatal

 

Who says that love can’t be fatal at the excess as well?

Love makes you more silly

And if not corresponded

Can make you go crazy

And make fatal mistakes

 

So I don’t love because I want to, but because I need to

I need to eat my daily portion of love

But if I overdose, I could die

So if I didn’t have to love, I wouldn’t love

Cause after all

I don’t love because I want to, but because I need to

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