Maybe it was to learn how to love   Maybe it was to learn how to leave   Or maybe it was for the games that we played   Maybe it was to learn how to choose   Maybe it was to learn how to lose   Or maybe it was for love that we met      Love was everything they said it would be   And love made sweet and sad the same   But love forgot to make me too blind to see   You're chickening out, aren't you?   You're bangin' on the beach like an old tin drum   I can't wait for you to make the whole kingdom come so I'm leavin'      Maybe it was to learn how to fight   Maybe it was to lessen our pride   Maybe it's just nature's way   Maybe it was to learn how to laugh   Maybe it was to learn to cry   Or maybe it was for the love then we met      Love was everything they said it would be   Love made sweet and sad the same   And love forgot to make me too blind to see   You're chickening out, aren't you?   You're bangin' on the beach like an old tin drum   I cant wait for you to make the whole kingdom come so I'm leavin'      First I turn to you then I turn away   So you try to hurt me back   Oh it breaks your body down   So you try to love bigger better still   But it is too late      So take a lesson from the strangeness you feel   And know you'll never be the same   And find it in your heart to kneel down and say   "I gave my love didn't I?   And I gave it big sometimes   And I gave it in my own sweet time, I'm just leaving"   I'm just leaving