Side Effect

Fairy tales say magic always comes at a price
When I think of our love I know they are right

Finding true love is only half the struggle
The real fight is keeping it from ending in rubble

Such a divine fantasy is happily ever after
Nature demands balance, tears for your laughter

Love can feel like a side effect of humanity
When it collides with hate we are left with insanity

The love is real and deep, as loud as we yell
It's like heaven picked up and moved in with hell

Although we know we could never walk away
Constantly we wonder how we can stay

The nature of love includes destruction
Glory entwined with volcanic eruption

Still it calls to us and we hunt it down
If nothing was lost, nothing can be found