This is a sequel to 2001's "Reckless Abandon", and features the band looking back on their clumsy youth fondly.
You had your heart set on an angel's kiss
Maybe a taste of bliss
Maybe a long white dress and a fistful of flowers
You wrapped your arms around a murderer
Pretending it didn't hurt
Every time I cut you deeper and deeper
Hey
I'm not the one
I'm not the one
I'm not the one you wanna give your heart too
You came
You fell
You thought this was something else
This has got nothing to do with love
This has got nothing to do with
You beg
You plead
You wanted more than you could keep
This has got nothing to do with love
This has got nothing to do with
This has got nothing to do with love
I gave you just enough to paralyze
Thought maybe you could satisfy
Sometimes I get so bored of you boy
Hey
I'm not the one
I'm not the one
I'm not the one you wanna give you heart to
You came
You fell
You thought this was something else
This has got nothing to do with love
This has got nothing to do with
You beg
You plead
You wanted more than you could keep
This has got nothing to do with love
This has got nothing to do with
This has got nothing to do with love
I'm not the one
I'm not the one
Oh yeah
You came
You fell
You thought this was something else
This has got nothing to do with love
This has got nothing to do with
You beg
You plead
You wanted more than you could keep
This has got nothing to do with love
This has got nothing to do with
This has got nothing to do with love
This has got nothing to do with
This has got nothing to do with love
Maybe a taste of bliss
Maybe a long white dress and a fistful of flowers
You wrapped your arms around a murderer
Pretending it didn't hurt
Every time I cut you deeper and deeper
Hey
I'm not the one
I'm not the one
I'm not the one you wanna give your heart too
You came
You fell
You thought this was something else
This has got nothing to do with love
This has got nothing to do with
You beg
You plead
You wanted more than you could keep
This has got nothing to do with love
This has got nothing to do with
This has got nothing to do with love
I gave you just enough to paralyze
Thought maybe you could satisfy
Sometimes I get so bored of you boy
Hey
I'm not the one
I'm not the one
I'm not the one you wanna give you heart to
You came
You fell
You thought this was something else
This has got nothing to do with love
This has got nothing to do with
You beg
You plead
You wanted more than you could keep
This has got nothing to do with love
This has got nothing to do with
This has got nothing to do with love
I'm not the one
I'm not the one
Oh yeah
You came
You fell
You thought this was something else
This has got nothing to do with love
This has got nothing to do with
You beg
You plead
You wanted more than you could keep
This has got nothing to do with love
This has got nothing to do with
This has got nothing to do with love
This has got nothing to do with
This has got nothing to do with love
Lyrics submitted by sourstraws214
Nothing to Do with Love Lyrics as written by Dave Bassett Elizabeth Hale
Lyrics © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, Kobalt Music Publishing Ltd., Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
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You had your heart set on an angel's kiss
Maybe a taste of bliss
Maybe a long white dress and a fistful of flowers
You wraped your arms around a murderer
Pretending it didn't hurt
Every time I cut you deeper and deeper
Hey
I'm not the one
I'm not the one
I'm not the one you wanna give your heart too
She'll give you them
You thought this was something else
This has got nothing to do with love
This has got nothing to do with
She'll beg
You plead
You wanted more than you could keep
This has got nothing to do with love
This has got nothing to do with
This has got nothing to do with love
I gave you just enough to paralyze
Thought maybe you could satisfy
Sometimes I get so bored with you boy
Hey
I'm not the one
I'm not the one
I'm not the one you wanna give you heart too
She'll give you them
You thought this was something else
This has got nothing to do with love
This has got nothing to do with
She'll beg
You plead
You wanted more than you could keep
This has got nothing to do with love
This has got nothing to do with
This has got nothing to do with love
I'm not the one
I'm not the one
Oh yeah
I'll give you them
You thought this was something else
This has got nothing to do with love
This has got nothing to do with
She'll beg you, please
You wanted more than you could keep
This has got nothing to do with love
This has got nothing to do with
This has got nothing to do with love
This has got nothing to do with
This has got nothing to do with love
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