Eight Steps

How to fall in love
Let us recite the rules of how to fall in love
Let us recount the steps

Step one
Observe the universe
Observe the people in it
Approach them
And start conversations with them
I feel a love for you that if the lights of
Heaven felt, the Sun would not shine
The Moon would not rise, nor the stars begin their
Nightly journey

Step two
Find a hobby
Get out of your comfort zone
And meet new friends
Give me a thousand kisses and a hundred more
A thousand more again, and another hundred
Another thousand, and again a hundred more
As we kiss these passionate thousands let
Us lose track how many kisses we have kissed

Step three
Redirect your critical thoughts
Show that you're vulnerable
Show that you're hurt
Stay objective
Don't overthink. Don't overthink
Be honest and don't overthink
Sweetness of your laughter
Yes, that sets the heart to shaking inside my breast
Since once I look at you for a moment
I can't speak any longer

Step four
Be curious and positive
Stay positive
Rely on your inner happiness
Show interest and stay interested
Be kind
I am mad: my brain is entirely warped
By this project of adoring and having you
And now it flies into fits of hatred at the mere thought of you

Step five
Communication is essential
Be open, be open, be open
Ask questions. Give answers
Share your hopes and fears
Tell funny stories and check health
My tongue breaks down
And then all at once a subtle fire races inside my skin
My eyes can't see a thing
And a whirring whistle thrums at my hearing

Step six
Do small acts of kindness for each other
Little favours are a great way to show your love
Leave a note, have a great day, I love you
Bring flowers
Bring fragrance
Bring gifts
You still think because I've spoken of
A good many kisses I'm somehow less than a man?
Yeah, I'll fuck you up the ass and stuff it in your mouths
Ladies and Gentlemen, on the drums: Lukas Wäger

Step seven
Let it develop
Don't force anything
Play hard to get
Don't try to control anything
When it comes to love, you must be patient
There's no way to force yourself to fall in love
You'll find, you'll find
Cold sweat covers me and a trembling takes ahold of me all over
I'm greener than the grass is and appear to myself to be little short of dying

Step eight
Approach them
Kiss them
Give them your inner feelings
Feel them
See them
Destroy them
I hate and love. If you were to ask how
I got this way, I'd have no answer
But since I can recall, I have suffered
I have felt this torment

And this is how you fall in love