Break Me Down

It's when I'm playing it safe and reclusive that people fall in love with me
Never when it's myself on the line
I sit and deal with love instead of experiencing it
Whenever I throw myself out there
Grabbing for every star
Smiling as your name graces a conversation
Looking for your hand in a crowded place
Is when I get played.
Why can't I find a girl who wants me?
Me, to warm them when they're cold
Me, to find them when they're lost
Me, to save them when they're the damsel in distress.
Instead, I run
To the edge of the end of the world
To bring a token of my love
To find them with someone else.
Silence: the sound of my breaking heart.
This has happened so many times to me, it's my own cliche.
You have driven me into self-pity and denial
Full of fake I love you's and smiles
We're not getting out of this one alive
So yet again I'll climb out on a limb
A cliff's edge, if you will
To see where I stand
Until this blows up in my face and I go on to plan B
The second time through the alphabet
Feeling safe never had such a warning sign.