Love took a long time, it followed me here    And it landed on light feet, and it whispered in my ear    Love spoke of my past as a valuable test    And smiled, and said she who loves last loves best    'Cause you know life is hard, but now you also know your mind,    So now you're going out to love, but on your own side this time    Where you still think of famine, and you still dig up train fare    And you won't mind the wrinkles, 'cause you know how they got there    In love but not at peace    In love but not at peace.       Once for me love was the boat inside of a bottle,    It felt like a gondola ride,    When you float with the nicknacks, and you don't hear a sound    Where the fish never lived, and you don't miss the ground    And the moon hangs above like a Valium pill    And I say I'll be fine, but I don't think that I will    But today I got work, and I like it that way    It's a case of a still life gone cinèma verité    In love but not at peace    In love but not at peace.       And I still need the beauty of words sung and spoken    And I live with the fear that my spirit will be broken    And that's the way I thought it would be    That's the way I always wanted it to be.       So I'll keep you wondering what time I'm arriving    And you'll drive me crazy with your backseat driving    And I'll talk in my sleep and you'll steal all the covers    We'll argue it out and we'll call ourselves lovers    And I'll stay in my body and you'll stay in your own    'Cause we know that we're born and we're dying alone.    So we turn out the light while the sirens are screaming    And we kiss for the waking, and then join the dreaming.    In love, but not at peace    In love, but not at peace.