*love is the splinter in my eye
that i can't quite remove
don't really wanna remove
because without its pain, where would i be?
i don't want to be free from this discomfort
this extension of me
that brings tears to my eyes
as i cry, cry, cry
rivers, lakes, oceans
that can't quite separate you from me, me from you
because i will never let that happen
despite what they want me to do
so stupid to them i may seem, imbecilic
but happy has become a major part of this regime
i call my life
with you in it
and this splinter is the rain before my rainbow
the sad that helps me appreciate my happy

they want me to let go
*but i choose love every time
no matter all the bullshit i go through
the ridicule i face
no matter the emptiness i feel
when i've been locked off from the outside world
from you
but chain and cage can never deter me
because eventually i will be released again
my love for you even stronger
much to their dismay
because this love won't falter
won't give up
won't give in

*& i love when love
pulls me through these tears with a smile on my face
with an unshakable strength that keeps me holding on to you
being with you
caught up in you
even thought they call me stupid, naive, dumb
a 28 year old and an 18 year old
why can't she see
that she's one thing to him, nothing more?
but i know that i am one that he adores.

*so if love is a splinter,
i don't want it gone
let it impair my sight
because there is no way i'm letting go
i don't need these eyes
to see you
because i didn't fall in love with you by sight.
love isn't and will never be a splinter in my heart.