That Ain't Love

Well, the lake has frozen late this year
& the world has declared war on fear
It was warmer in the North Pole
than it was here
Just the other day
And, babe, it's the dead of winter
There's something so wrong with this
picture
I saw a grim image of the future
But that was yesterday.
Well, let the prophets weep
To their sad dream
I'm not gonna let it bother me
I already know
What they're dreamin' of
You can be afraid, but that ain't love

That ain't love, ooh
That ain't love, ooh
That ain't love, that ain't love
At all

The promised land's gone up in flames
While the money men all play their games
And honest work don't pay the same
As it used to
Each headline's worth a thousand lies
In the news that no one buys
They don't sell the truth in grocery aisles
They only cover it
Let the poets shout
What they're on about
The fire in their hearts is gonna burn away the doubt
Maybe the truth hurts
Well, it's a wounded dove
You can let it die, but that ain't love

That ain't love, ooh
That ain't love, ooh
That ain't love, that ain't love
At all

Don't try to hurt me so badly
If I'm gonna love you, baby
Well, I'm gonna do it madly
Ah yea!

Hurricanes brew where they shouldn't
Seein' is believin' but the blind are rulin'
Jupiter's eye, a tempest t's been blowin'
For hundreds of years,
Can't see a thing, yet can destroy a lot
We can wreck the Earth, but there's nothin' we got
That would even put a dent in that big red spot
I hope we can save ourselves.
All I want for Christmas, please
Just stop cutting down trees
Don't use dead dinosaurs
To drive your cars
Quit splittin' atoms
Tap the Sun above
You can trash the world, but that ain't love

That ain't love, ooh
That ain't love, ooh
That ain't love, that ain't love
At all

You met me serenading the lakeside
Of the lake that's now frozen inside
It was summer then. I sometimes slept outside.
'Til you took me in.
Now we can almost see Aurora Borealis
In this winter wonderland, you can call me Alice
Your daughter would've stole every Yuletide chalice
She could get her hands on
Real love doesn't always happen perfectly
Sometimes I think it isn't meant to be
I wrestle with myself
And when push comes to shove
I beat myself up for you
But that ain't love

That ain't love, ooh
That ain't love, ooh
That ain't love, that ain't love
At all