"oh, i'd like to take this chance
to lay my heart out like a feast.
no, i know it ain't enough,
but that's the nature of the beast.

all my loving tends to hurt,
tends to shake my very bones,
but it's better when it's bitter,
'cause it's all i've ever known.

oh, i'd like to write them down,
like to make myself a list
of all the pieces of your being
i've not had the chance to kiss.

all my loving tends to end,
tends to leave me quite alone,
but it's better when it's broken,
'cause it's all i've ever known."