some people live their lives
wrapped in scarlet dreams of passions never tasted
some people live their lives
wrapped in secret fantasies never spoken
but i'd rather love like this
passionate and strong and sure and bold
and never once doubting where i belong
in your love i've found a sense of self
that maybe i could've found on my own
after a lot of expensive therapy and a few hard knocks
but i know i'm better for being with you

some people live their lives
cradled in unyielding prisons of a moral code preached on high
some people live their lives
cradled in unforgiving arms of hypocrisy muttered far and wide
but i'd rather love like this
open and believing and trusting and understanding
and never once needing to know where heaven is
in your love i've found a haven of my own
that maybe i could've done without
after a lot of expensive therapy and a few hard knocks
but i know i'm better for being with you

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originally written in Northville, Michigan 5/19/99

for being with you by Raine Wynd©11.17.01 Raine Wynd