Some say I'll be better without you
But they don't know you like I do
Or at least the sides I thought I knew
I can't bear this time
It drags on as I loose my mind
Reminded by things I find
Like notes and clothes you've left behind
Wake me up, wake me up when all is done
I won't rise until this battle's won
My dignity's become undone

But I won't go
I can't do it on my own
If this ain't love then what is?
I'm willing to take the risk
I won't go
I can't do it all alone
If this ain't love then what is?
I'm willing to take the risk

So petrified, I'm so scared to step into this ride
What if I lose my heart and fail the climb
I won't forgive me if I give up trying
I heard his voice today
I didn't know a single word he said
Not one resemblance to the man I met
Just a vague and broken boy instead

But I won't go
I can't do it on my own
If this ain't love then what is?
I'm willing to take the risk
I won't go
I can't do it all alone
If this ain't love then what is?
I'm willing to take the risk

There will be times that we'll try and give it up
Bursting at the seams, no doubt we'll almost fall apart
And burn the pieces to watch them turn to dust
But nothing will ever taint us

I won't go
I can't do it on my own
If this ain't love then what is?
I'm willing to take the risk
I won't go
I can't do it all alone
If this ain't love then what is?
I'm willing to take the risk

Will he, will he still remember me?
Will he still love me even when he's free?
Or will he go back to the place
Where he will chose the poison over me?
When we spoke yesterday he said to hold my breath
And sit and wait, I'll be home so soon, I won't be late

He won't go
He can't do it on his own
If this ain't love then what is?
He's willing to take the risk
So I won't go
He can't do it on his own
If this ain't love then what is?
I'm willing to take the risk

'Cause he won't go
He can't do it on his own
If this ain't love then what is?
We're willing to take the risk
I won't go
I can't do it on my own
If this ain't love then what is?
I'm willing to take the risk


Produced by Rick Rubin
Mixed by Andrew Scheps
Recorded by Greg Fidelman
Assisted by Sarah Lyn Killion, Phillip Broussard, Jr.
Production Coordinator: Lindsay Chase
Guitar by Matt Sweeney, Smokey Hormel
Bass by Pino Palladino
Piano by James Poyser
Drums by Chris Dave
Percussion by Lenny Castro
Banjo, Accordion by David Hidalgo
Harp by Stephanie Bennett
Strings Arranged by David Campbell
Choir Directed by Oren Gilstrap
Choir: Carmen Carter, Josef Powell, Terry Young, Julia Waters Tillman, James Gilstrap, Carmen Twillie, Lorna Maxine Waters
Recorded at Shangri La Studios, Malibu, CA
Mixed at Punkerpad West, Van Nuys, CA

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