love became a wasteland

Pastor's wife, high and dry He found someone else he liked Dad walked out, my mom cried Almost ended her own life Why do we lie every time About our promises It's so hard to deny, it's a crime That everyone commits I had this picture in my head Of everything love should've been How everybody says that it's so perfect Now it seems like just a game When "I love you" is an empty phrase 'Cause no one ever seems to break the surface Love became a wasteland Thought that we were good friends 'Til I tried to open up to them Someone comes with nothing left Someone yells: you should go back again I had this picture in my head Of everything love should've been How everybody says that it's so perfect Now it seems like just a game When "I love you" is an empty phrase 'Cause no one ever seems to break the surface If that's the way the world turns Watching while the world burns I'd rather be a flower in the desert 'Cause even when it breaks you I know it's real and that it's true Sometimes you gotta lose it all to get it