S.KRAUSE

Existential Love

I USED TO THINK THAT I ALWAYS KNEW THAT I NEVER REALLY LOVED YOU
BUT NOW I'M SURE IT'S TRUE
YOU SAID YOU DID THOSE FAVORS OUT OF LOVE, I DID THEM BECAUSE I HAD
NO REASON NOT TO
SO NOW AS YOU'RE STANDING THERE IN THE RAIN
I WON'T INVITE YOU IN
I'LL MARRY YOU IF YOU WANT TO
BUT I WON'T LET YOU LIVE HERE

YOU CRY WHEN I REJECT YOU
YOU LAUGH WHEN I DON'T
WHAT IS YOUR PROBLEM
WHAT'S THE BIG GROPE

IF YOU REALLY WANT TO
I GUESS IT CAN BE
TO TAKE IT ALL IN CONTEXT
I GUESS I LOVE YOU EXISTENTIALLY

THAT TIME YOU SAID IT MEANT SO MUCH TO YOU THAT I SENT YOU FLOWERS
IT DIDN'T MEAN A THING TO ME
THEY WERE OUT GROWING IN MY GARDEN AND I DIDN'T KNOW WHAT ELSE TO 
DO WITH THEM
SO DON'T ASK ME ANYMORE IF I LOVE YOU
BECAUSE IT'S NEVER GONNA HAPPEN
AND DON'T YOU ASK ME WHY I DON'T
BECAUSE I WON'T, I JUST WON'T

YOU NEVER SEEM TO LISTEN
BUT I DON'T REALLY CARE
I HOPE THAT YOU DON'T GET KILLED
BECAUSE YOU'D GET BLOOD ALL OVER MY NEW SHIRT THAT I LENT YOU

JUST TO MAKE MYSELF CLEAR
IN CASE YOU CANNOT SEE
IT DOESN'T MEAN ANYTHING 
BUT I LOVE YOU EXISTENTIALLY

EXISTENTIAL LOVE IS MY FAVORITE KIND
I WOULD DIE FOR YOU
BUT I HAVEN'T GOT THE TIME

EXISTENTIAL LOVE MAKES IT ALL SO CLEAR
THE WORLD IS FULL OF EMPTINESS
SO WHY ARE WE HERE

BUT TO LOGICALLY REITERATE
THAT YOU MEAN NOTHING TO ME
I'M NOT TRYING TO BE RUDE
BUT I LOVE YOU EXISTENTIALLY

1992, Chris Yelverton