Love the Way You Lie
Eminem (feat. Rihanna) Lyrics

On the first page of our story
We had a bright future at the beginning of our relationship.

The future seemed so bright
Our future together looked promising.

Then this thing turned out so evil
Our relationship became toxic and harmful.

I don't know why I'm still surprised
I am surprised that the relationship turned out this way despite the warning signs.

Even angels have their wicked schemes
Even seemingly good people can have bad intentions.

And you take that to new extremes
You have taken your bad intentions to new levels of cruelty.

But you'll always be my hero
Despite everything, I still see some good in you.

Even though you've lost your mind
You have become irrational and unpredictable.

Just gonna stand there and watch me burn
You are passive and indifferent to my pain and suffering.

But that's all right because I like the way it hurts
I am addicted to the pain and drama of our relationship.

Just gonna stand there and hear me cry
You are unsympathetic to my emotional distress.

But that's all right because I love the way you lie
I am in love with your lies and manipulations.

Now there's gravel in our voices
Our communication has become rough and abrasive.

Glass is shattered from the fight
We have had violent arguments resulting in broken objects.

In this tug of war, you'll always win
You have the power and control in our relationship.

Even when I'm right
Even when I am correct, you dismiss my opinions.

'Cause you feed me fables from your head
You feed me lies and stories from your imagination.

With violent words and empty threats
You use aggressive language and threats to intimidate me.

And it's sick that all these battles
It is disturbing that our constant fighting is what satisfies me.

Are what keeps me satisfied
The chaos and drama of our relationship fulfills me in some twisted way.

So maybe I'm a masochist
Perhaps I enjoy the pain and suffering in our relationship.

I try to run but I don't want to ever leave
I want to escape this toxic relationship, but I am too attached to you.

'Til the walls are goin' up
I will try to stay with you until our relationship is irreparably damaged.

In smoke with all our memories
Our memories will be destroyed along with our relationship.

This morning, you wake, a sun ray hits your face
After a fight, we wake up the next morning with the sun shining in our face.

Smeared makeup as we lay in the wake of destruction
Our physical appearance is a mess as a result of the fight.

Hush baby, speak softly, tell me how awfully sorry
You try to apologize and make up for your violent behavior.

That you pushed me into the coffee table last night
You physically harmed me during our last fight.

So I can push you off me
I want to push you away from me and be free of this cycle of abuse.

Try and touch me so I can scream at you not to touch me
I am afraid of your touch and want to distance myself from you.

Run out the room and I'll follow you like a lost puppy
Despite everything, I am still attached to you and will follow you no matter what.

Baby, without you, I'm nothing, I'm so lost, hug me
I am co-dependent on you and need your affection to feel whole.

Then tell me how ugly I am, but that you'll always love me
You insult me and bring me down, but then manipulate me with declarations of love.

Then after that, shove me, in the aftermath of the
After your violent outburst, you push me away and cause more pain.

Destructive path that we're on, two psychopaths but we
Our relationship is unhealthy and damaging, and we are both at fault.

Know that no matter how many knives we put in each other's backs
We hurt each other constantly, but still have each other's support.

That we'll have each other's backs, 'cause we're that lucky
Despite everything, we are lucky to have each other's loyalty.

Together, we move mountains, let's not make mountains out of molehills
We can accomplish great things together, but let's not make small issues into major problems.

You hit me twice, yeah, but who's counting?
We are so used to violence in our relationship that it doesn't matter how many times it happens.

I may have hit you three times, I'm startin' to lose count
I have also resorted to violence in this toxic relationship.

But together, we'll live forever, we found the youth fountain
We believe that our relationship will last forever, and we feel young and invincible together.

Our love is crazy, we're nuts, but I refused counseling
Our love is unhealthy and irrational, but we are unwilling to seek help.

This house is too huge, if you move out I'll burn all two thousand
I am so attached to our home and our relationship that I would rather destroy it than let you leave.

Square feet of it to the ground, ain't shit you can do about it
I feel a sense of power and control by threatening to destroy everything.

'Cause with you I'm in my fuckin' mind, without you, I'm out it
With you, I feel like I am going insane, but without you, I feel lost and empty.

Just gonna stand there and watch me burn
You are passive and indifferent to my pain and suffering.

But that's all right because I like the way it hurts
I am addicted to the pain and drama of our relationship.

Just gonna stand there and hear me cry
You are unsympathetic to my emotional distress.

But that's all right because I love the way you lie
I am in love with your lies and manipulations.

I love the way you lie
I am willing to accept your deception and abuse because I love you.

Oh, I love the way you lie
I am hopelessly in love with your manipulation and toxicity.

I love the way you lie
I am willing to accept your deception and abuse because I love you.

I love the way you lie
I am hopelessly in love with your manipulation and toxicity.