it’stoughouttherewhetheryousingleornot
feelrightbutthenrubyourtempleandstop
enterashockorpretendthatyou’renot
youroamallalonetakeneveryoption
howcomeit’ssohardtofindlove
howmanydobeforetheirtime’sup
somegrowcoldandfoldtheirlifeup
idoitallthetimewhenithinkthatlifesucks
it’sshakygroundidon’treallyknowyou
let’skeepitrealaboutthethingswegothrough
likehowyougotbaggagefromyourolddude
andiknowigotflawsthatain’tsocool
takealeapoffaithintheriddleofmyeyes
i’mamoonallaloneinthemiddleofthesky
we2brokenheartswhocanmendtogether
andifwegiveitallwecouldmendforever
-CHORUS-
it’sanewlove
whatcanwedolove
we’regoingthroughwhat
opensyouup
cuzit’sanewlove
atotalnewlove
whenit’sthroughlove
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-DEREK-
somethingboutyouchangesmyattitude
youtakeoldnostalgiaandmakeitbrandnew
cuzyouteleportmetomyboyziimendays
somuchi’mtemptedtorecordandmakeyouacornymixtape
itfeelslikewe’reinhighschoolandyouaremyboo
andtheonlywayiknowhowtorockisbesideyou
likerossandracheltomcollinsandangel
we’reafuzzysitcomlovecrossedwithabroadwaymusical
cuzyou’retheclosesti’veeverhadtofeelingsosurreal
ithinkit’srainingcandycanesquotesoul4real
andyou’resodowntoearthalwaysdowntonerdout
we’reanerdmatchinheavengirlthiscouldworkout
it’sbeensomanyyearssincei’vefeltthisuphigh
feltthismuchtrustandfeltthismuchinspired
you’vegivenahopelessromantichopeyet
cuzyou’remyhomegirlthegirliwanttogohomewith
-THERESA-
againsttheoddsbuti’mnomathematician
notinthecardsbuti’mnoblackmagician
againstourgodbutidon’tknowreligion
notinthestarsbutforgetthesolarsystem
we’resoresistantbutwhat’stheretoloselove
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forgivemyloosetongueispeaktooeasily
butitseemstomethisiswhatitseemstobe
andwe’revietnameseofcourseifeelya
lovehowyournameissophoneticallyfamiliar
fromthesamehomelandwegotthesamesymmetry
fromthesamelanguagewherelovemeansinjury
andthat’stheminuteweknewitwasdangerous
militantcupidgotacruisemissileaimedatus
wecouldbelikewhitneyhouston’sthegreatestlove
oratleastseehowbeautifulthetrainwreckwas