If you look at me like that
Why pretend you feel nothing?
If it's to live in hiding
I don't want it
It hurts me
Why do you call me
When the street is empty?
Why do you hold my hand
Only when no one's watching?
By day you play it cool
By night you want to find me
But love that lives in shadows
Starts to suffocate
If our lives together
Already start condemned
By the crooked eyes of the world
And all the cruel jokes
Why this kiss right now
If tomorrow you deny me?
I'm left with all the torment
And you keep the quiet life?
Oh, no, my dear
Not here
Oh, my poor heart
Let self-love come in
Come rise again!
If it's love, claim me
Don't leave me going the wrong way
Prejudice is no excuse
To break my heart this way
If it's love, claim me
Don't use me in the dark
Love that asks for secrecy
Already falls apart
Get out!
I don't want you anymore!
I know the world is heavy
That family demands a mold
That society points fingers
And shouts condemnation
But what is one minute worth
Of a hidden embrace
If I spend a lifetime
Feeling I was erased?
You can walk away
And say it was the pressure
But the one who keeps the wound
Is me alone forever
Oh, my poor heart
Let self-love come in
Come rise again!
If it's love, claim me
Don't leave me going the wrong way
Prejudice is no excuse
To break my heart this way
If it's love, claim me
Don't use me in the dark
Love that asks for secrecy
Already falls apart
Get out!
I don't want you anymore!
Prejudice is violent
But hiding is too
If you're scared of the world
Don't throw that fear on me too
I deserve the light of day
I deserve to walk the street
If love is truly real
It doesn't whisper, it takes the lead
Oh, my poor heart
Let self-love come in
Come rise again!
If it's love, claim me
Don't leave me going the wrong way
Prejudice is no excuse
To break my heart this way
If it's love, claim me
Don't use me in the dark
Love that asks for secrecy
Already falls apart
Get out!
I don't want you anymore!
If it's love, claim me
Or let me go free then
I'd rather feel the pain of truth
Than crumbs of love again
If it's love, claim me
Don't leave me torn in two
Between what you truly feel
And the fear of being you
Love does not need an audience
But it does not deserve a hiding place
If it's love
Let it be whole and openly embraced
And I take back my power for myself!
You take your power too and go!