The Hard Way

I've grown a great disdain for all the folks I've come to love
Not by choice, but purely situation
Unfettered love and adoration nearly cured my soul
But then it didn't

I thought of all the places I would take you
I thought of all the things I'd like to say
And I
Thought of all the implications
Of somebody going out that way

And I know the truth
I know this is as good as it gets
I just thought you'd like to hear it
From the man who had to find it out the hard way