I can't say I love you 'cause that would allow her
To control my heart like the wind to a flower
Blown by the breeze, tossed around as it scours
For someone who won't turn its love into power

She knows the game more than I've ever seen
Plays her cards with such ease, no one's seen up her sleeve
It's hard to trust someone who's so good a liar
The more you grow closer, the more that you wonder
All her compliments, were they more than chatter?
Or have I always just been rungs on a ladder?

I can't say I love you 'cause that would allow her
To control my heart like the wind to a flower
Blown by the breeze, tossed around as it scours
For someone who won't turn its love into power
I don't mean to sound narcissistic and sour
But my hesitation's only growin' louder
So call me a pessimist, call me a coward
But I still don't trust when she says: I don't love you for power

Oh, I try not to care so I don't lose my cool
When I do, my brain goes all numb like a fool
Like a thief in the night, she works behind the scenes
Steals your heart when it's dark so no one ever sees
And I couldn't see her intentions if they were the sun
Love is blind, but her silence speaks loudly enough

I can't say I love you 'cause that would allow her
To control my heart like the wind to a flower
Blown by the breeze, tossed around as it scours
For someone who won't turn its love into power
I don't mean to sound narcissistic and sour
But my hesitation's only growin' louder
So call me a pessimist, call me a coward
But I still don't trust when she says: I don't love you for power
(Power, power, power)

So call me a pessimist, call me a coward
But I still don't trust when she says: I don't love you for power