Either Way

There's a gun to your head will you pull or bleed
And keep your view of your identity
Tied with the need for a perpetual enemy
Will you prove your manhood to me we'll see
I wish you knew you didn't have to
But either way I'll still love you
A hostile world is easy to sell
An open world is easy to tell
Of prosperity and dignity for those who fell
Making it reality seems to be hell well
I wish you knew you didn't have to
But either way I'll still love you
I wish you knew you didn't have to
But either way I'll still love you
I'll still love you even though

They find their way into my head
Now it's impossible to think
They drink my breath on their way in
Now it's impossible to breathe
Did I dip meaning in the mud again
Wanna see just how dirty it will end

How can your absence be so wrong
How can your presence be so strong
How could I ever lose my head
How can your absence be so wrong
How can your presence be so strong
How did I let it get this bad

So we'll talk away our existence
And make it impossible to care
For words so listless and empty
Is silence impossible to bear
Did I dip meaning in the mud again
Wanna see just how dirty it will end

How can your absence be so wrong
How can your presence be so strong
How could I ever lose my head
How can your absence be so wrong
How can your presence be so strong
How did I let it get this bad

But words
Fall right off your mouth
Lingering and weightless
Where are they now?

How can your absence be so wrong
How can your presence be so strong
How could I ever lose my head
How can your absence be so wrong
How can your presence be so strong
How do I always lose my head