[Verse 1]
There have been many sightings of love in truth
The skeptic in me longs for to see of love some proof
Only for you does this happen
Only for you do I care

[Chorus]
Love is not real, love is a hoax
It's just a dream I've had so many nights alone
Love is not here, love is somewhere else
It's somewhere far no man I've ever known's come close

[Verse 2]
It can be vicious, heartless, dire and cruel
In spite of my mind, my heart longs to find fire and fuel
Only for you do I do this
Only for you do I care

[Chorus]
Love is not real, love is a hoax
It's just a dream I've had so many nights alone
Love is not here, love is somewhere else
It's somewhere far no man I've ever known's come close

[Verse 3]
My girlfriend doesn't want to know me
And my friends think I've lost the plot
I have become a liability
I got to do something but I don't know what
[Verse 4]
I'm hearing voices and I can't see straight
I think I might be going insane
Can't make my own decisions
And I just can't wait to mess it all up again

[Verse 5]
I never thought that I would succeed
Beyond the wildest dreams I've ever dreamt
But everything's become so hackneyed
Familiarity only breeds contempt

[Verse 6]
I'm ruining your life, I'm bored with mine
I'm acting like I couldn't care less
Another bottle and another line
Another strange to undress

Next time you stab me in the back
You'd better do it to my face
Next time you stab me in the back
You'd better do it to my face

Next time you stab me in the back
You'd better do it to my face
Next time you stab me in the back
You'd better do it to my face
[Bridge]
When you forget what you cannot forgive
The terms are so much easier to come to with
When we look at what we're going through
And desaturate until everything is simple
Love or hate, love or hate

I've been searching...
I've been searching my soul
I've seen the brightest star
I've seen the blackest hole
I've found a way to cope with every twist of fate
Now everything is simple
Love or hate, love or hate

Next time you stab me in the back
You'd better do it to my face

[Verse 7]
And when that love comes crawling back to me to say
I've been away, now please let me stay with the no way
Never again will I do this
Never again will I care

[Chorus]
Love is not real, love is a hoax
It's just a dream I've had so many nights alone
Love is not here, love is somewhere else
It's just a dream I've had so many night's alone
Love is not real, love is a hoax
It's just a dream I've had so many nights alone
Love is not here, love is somewhere else
It's somewhere far no man I've ever known's come close