[Verse 1]
The daring of despair has led me back to my old home
Paralyzed by patterns, squeezing blood out of a stone
You're sitting there before me, but I'm haunted by your ghost
Cast up by the tempest here on some deserted shore

[Pre-Chorus]
I wish you loved me more, enough to stay when morning comes
All the damage, all the way, I wish it all were done

[Chorus]
'Cause I just can't stop loving you
No matter what I do or how hard I might try
I can't let go, so still I cry
'Cause I just can't stop loving you
No matter what I do

[Verse 2]
The butterfly flies to the light, but I head for the mire
Captivated by your cruelty, tortured by desire
We're only bones and bruises now, sadistic [?] and vile
You bring out all the worst in me, you make me like a child

[Pre-Chorus]
We're toxic but it feels so good, I'm crying through a smile
We're gutting all the ones we love, but doing it in style
[Chorus]
'Cause I just can't stop loving you
No matter what I do or how hard I might cry
I can't let go, I die inside
'Cause I just can't stop loving you
No matter what I do

[Bridge]
Unending echoes in a resonating shell
We have created our own hell
All steeped in lies
We dream too much to try and sleep
This is the tyranny of weakness
We could leave, but we won't try

[Chorus]
'Cause I just can't stop loving you
No matter what I do or how hard I might cry
I can't let go or make this right
'Cause I just can't stop loving you
No matter what I do