Must Have Been Love

You never knew it was true love til too late
Then the door slammed
Now you're back on your own

Shambling around so far down your heart broken
Unmoored and unhinged in your moldy motel

There was a time when you knew who your friends were
Back when the sun and the sky never lied
Days were pastel and the rain was romantic
Purple nights stretched so softly til dawn

I guess it was love
That lifted and lowered you
It must have been love
Left you sacred and scarred
It had to be love
That built and broke you
That showed you the dream
Then smashed it to sand

What can you do?
Is it somewhere inside you?
The strength to move on
Or just lie down and die?

I'm always here
Though I've got my own problems
You could come by
We could talk drink and cry

Lost seagulls call
And the lighthouse is dark now
Winter waves crash
On the saddest of shores
Find your way back
With the one star that still shines
Dreaming the song
That can bring you back home

I guess it was love
That lifted and lowered you
It must have been love
Left you sacred and scarred
It had to be love
That built and broke you
That showed you the dream
Then smashed it to sand