Love is war

(Intro)

Yeah…

They say all’s fair in love and war, right?

Nah…

This one left me bleeding out on the battlefield…

(Verse 1)

Yo, I stepped in the ring with a rose and a smile,

Didn’t know that your kiss had a blade all the while,

Cupid pulled the trigger, but the arrow had a scope,

Every hug was a choke, every promise was a rope,

You were landmines hidin’ under sheets in my bed,

Every “I love you” was a bullet to my head,

Told me I was safe, but you bombed me in the dark,

Left my soul in a body bag, zipped up heart,

Now I’m duckin’ every text like it’s gunfire spray,

Watchin’ memories explode in my mind all day,

We went from hand-holdin’ under starlit skies,

To trench warfare, mortars in each other’s eyes,

Your love was a tank, I was fightin’ with a stick,

Should’ve seen the red flags but I thought they were lipstick,

Now I’m sittin’ here wounded, can’t crawl from the floor,

‘Cause you proved without doubt that… love is war.

(Hook)

Love is war, and I’m bleedin’ in the sand,

Every touch, every kiss, was a gun in your hand,

We were soldiers, but you shot me at the core,

Now my heart’s in pieces, yeah… love is war.

(Verse 2)

You were chemical gas in my lungs, slow kill,

While you smiled in my face sayin’ “baby, chill,”

We marched side by side, but your boots crushed mine,

Every truth was a lie wrapped up in landmines,

You called it passion, but it felt like a siege,

Every night was a battle, every day a retreat,

I was patchin’ up wounds while you planned your next strike,

You didn’t want love, you just wanted the fight,

You laid barbed wire ‘round the bed we shared,

Every whisper in my ear was a flared despair,

Grenades in your words, shrapnel in my veins,

You laughed while I drowned in the flood of the pain,

Now I’m armored up, can’t trust no more,

My chest is a bunker with a locked steel door,

And if I ever see your face on this battlefield floor,

I’ll salute you, then remind you… love is war.

(Hook)

Love is war, and I’m bleedin’ in the sand,

Every touch, every kiss, was a gun in your hand,

We were soldiers, but you shot me at the core,

Now my heart’s in pieces, yeah… love is war.

(Bridge)

It’s not bullets you hear, it’s the sound of goodbye,

Not tanks you see rollin’, it’s the tears in my eyes,

Not a casualty count, it’s the bodies of trust,

You left buried in the dirt, covered over with dust…

(Verse 3)

Now I’m scorched earth, burnin’ every memory we made,

Your name’s carved on the wall in the war zone I hate,

I’m the last man standin’, with my heart on my sleeve,

But the sleeve’s full of holes ‘cause you made it bleed,

No white flags, no truce, no peace at dawn,

Just a cold steel heart and a mind that’s gone,

So if they ask me what love’s like, I’ll spit it raw,

It’s a sniper on the hill with your name in the claw,

It’s the quiet before the blast, the scream before the gore,

It’s the truth nobody tells you…

Love… is… war.