The Heart's Tyrant

A critique on how love songs try to enforce the idea of how we should love someone regardless of their flaws, even if those flaws are too great to shrug off

You turned the tap on

And every romantic cliché started pouring out 

Talk of muses and a shining light

But the world is shaking it's head in doubt

Love is everything

But there's no power in it for me

Love is nothing 

Like the movies say it should be

Why should my lover be an angel

When they're as corrupt as any monster

There's no such thing as a saviour

To be in love is to obey the tyrant

You washed away the tears

Knowing that we've just repeated the cycle

Idiocy reigns as a king now

There's no way this is all worthwhile

Daydreams of perfect partners

All false and fatally flawed

There's nothing perfect about imperfection

Love is the poison you can't ignore

Why should my lover be an angel

When they're as corrupt as any monster

There's no such thing as a saviour

To be in love is to obey the tyrant