Cruelty

"This Henry Crawford was known--"
"A rake, I think."
"Oh yes, please."
"They amuse more in literature than they do in life, Susan."
"Ah, but they amuse."
Each girl thinks she will be the one
To love you despite all you do wrong
Each time you make the same mistakes
But so does she
You think to be a good person
Means merely causing no one harm
But since we're all responsible for ourselves
It's impossible to fail
My heart is wide open and I'll never give up hoping
Not for your love, just for you to just grow up
Now there's one more thing you need to know
Before the final curtain's closed:
It is cruel to look into a girl's eyes that way you looked in mine
Unless you want her to fall in love with you.
It is cruel to want her to fall in love
If you can't love her too
(And I know you can't love me too)
Each girl I've told has been unsurprised
They learned as I to avoid your eyes
Now only knowing I that could never win
Would I fall in them again
It is cruel to look into a girl's eyes that way you looked in mine
Unless you want her to fall in love with you.
It is cruel to want her to fall in love
If you can't love her too
(And I know you can't love any of us too)