Learn To Hate

"Learn To Hate"
2014

It's time to sever all connections
And raise the anchors that were there
Then we'll unfold our whitest flags
And raise them slowly in the air
To show the world we're finished
Playing this hide and seek with hope
Cause after treading so much water
I see that I'm finally out of rope
And there's this nagging, sinking feeling
That i cannot rise above
It tells me that i should learn to hate
When it hurts too much to love
For how much disappointment
Is one soul meant to bare
Before they shrug their shoulders
To prove their lack of care.
And if you asked me to describe
The way that I'm feeling deep inside
I'd say that bitterness returned
Like a strong, unforgiving tide
Come to erode the better parts of me
That i proudly used to have
But as each piece is washed away
All i can really do is laugh
Cause there's this nagging, sinking feeling
That i cannot rise above
It tells me that i should learn to hate
When it hurts too much to love
And I think I'm better off without it
So why should i bother to pretend
And why should a journey be restarted
After such a painful end
Yes, there were always weeds within the flowers
And even thorns upon a rose
But these facts have not a bit of bearing
On this stance that i have chose
And i don't need the view from mountains
To truly appreciate the climb
But if you see the heights from which I've fallen
Maybe you'd start appreciating mine
Or would you help pick up the pieces
Even place them in a pile
Am i wrong for being tired
Having gone every extra mile
While getting nothing in return
But regretful thoughts and misery
Knowing if i took the quickest look around
There's nobody missing me
'Cause there was a point in time
When I'd place no else above
But babe, i had to learn to hate
Because it hurts too much to love
And I want the world to know my pain
If you want to know the truth
Since my better days are gone
And evaporated like my youth.