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They tell me every pleasure comes with pain,
Every little sunshine brings a little rain.
If I chase the rush, I'm playing with the flame,
If I love the feeling, somebody says it's shame.
Too sweet, too wild, too reckless, too free
There's always someone telling me what I shouldn't be.
So I traded all my vices for a cleaner disguise,
But somehow every cure comes with a different price.
If I like it, I'm in trouble,
If I love it, I'm doomed,
Every door marked “heaven”
Has a warning in the room.
If it makes me feel alive,
Someone swears I'll pay the fee
Why does everything I love
Come with a warning label on me?
I changed my habits, changed my ways,
Still got lectures raining down for days.
The screen says one thing, the headlines say another,
Everybody's got advice from somebody else's mother.
Don't eat this, don't drink that,
Don't stay up, don't chase that track.
Don't trust strangers, don't trust friends,
Don't enjoy yourself it never ends.
So maybe I'll stop asking what I'm “supposed” to do,
And start deciding what feels honest and true.
Not every sweet thing needs a bitter goodbye
Maybe living isn't something we should fear just to survive.
If I like it, I'm in trouble,
If I love it, I'm doomed,
Every little paradise
Has a warning in the room.
If the world keeps shouting
“Careful!” endlessly,
I'll still leave a little room
For wonder inside me.
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