Unrequited Lyrics - Reprieve - Ani Difranco

He had all kind of reasons 

Why she was unable to love him 

She was just too young 

She was too high strung 

She was afraid of commitment 

But all of the theories 

That he recited 

Played like the song 

Of the unrequited 

And baby, how long's it been now 

Since you held me to your chest 

And told me that you love me 

More than all the rest? 

It's such a shame that you won't talk to me 

'cause I won't repeat after you 

I believe that there is more to life 

We could've loved each other through 

But I was afraid of commitment 

When it came to you 

I'll tell you, if there is one instinct 

I just can't get with at all 

It's the urge to kill something beautiful 

Just to hang it on your wall 

Are you just too young? 

Are you too high strung 

To actually follow through 

On all the love you said you had? 

Baby, I never lied to you 

Is all or nothing 

Really the best we can do?