Understand

If only she could understand

Understand what it takes to be this man

Caring only about her happiness

For it he would live with less

But she wants the feel of another man

He who does not do the best he can

We accept the love we think we deserve

The sins we commit pledges who we serve

The hurt the pain the lies and the scars

We lower ourselves but raise the bars

Someone must pick us up and dust us off

But who for even the belief makes us scoff

There is no one who has the time

To save my love and hold it high

Above the bar because we can't ourselves

We need the help of someone else

To stand strong against the foe

Taking harshness blow by blow

Through words, action, and thought

Both foe and hero are wrought

One by love the other by gain

In the end only one can remain

But who will stay and who will go

This is only for you to know

Stay with the foe and he will thrive

And with that the hero will die

Come to love and watch it grow

And then pain will have to go