Love The Way You Lie
Rihanna ft Pitbull Lyrics

On the first page of our story
At the beginning of our relationship

The future seemed so bright
We had high hopes for our future together

Then this thing turned out so evil
But our relationship took a dark turn

I don't know why I'm still surprised
I'm not sure why I keep being surprised by the hurtful things you do

Even angels have their wicked schemes
Even those who we believe to be good can have evil intentions

And you take that to new extremes
You take your scheming and manipulation to new levels

But you'll always be my hero
Despite your faults, I still see the good in you and admire you

Even though you've lost your mind
Even though you've become unstable and irrational

Just gonna stand there and watch me burn
You stand by and do nothing as I suffer and struggle

But that's all right because I like the way it hurts
But I stay with you because the pain is addictive

Just gonna stand there and hear me cry
You listen to me cry in pain and do nothing

But that's all right because I love the way you lie
But despite your lies, I stay with you because I love you

I love the way you lie
I love the way you deceive me

Now there's gravel in our voices
Our voices are strained and rough because of our constant arguing

Glass is shattered from the fight
Our household items have been destroyed from our physical altercations

In this tug of war, you'll always win
In our relationship struggles, you always come out on top

Even when I'm right
Even when I am correct

'Cause you feed me fables from your head
You tell me convincing lies to deceive me

With violent words and empty threats
You use threatening language and empty promises to manipulate me

And it's sick that all these battles
It's insane that our constant fighting and conflict is what keeps me content in this relationship

Are what keeps me satisfied
But for some reason, the conflict satisfies me

So maybe I'm a masochist
Perhaps I enjoy the pain and suffering you cause me

I try to run but I don't want to ever leave
I want to leave, but I feel trapped and unable to escape

'Til the walls are goin' up
Until we literally build walls to block each other out

In smoke with all our memories
Watching as our shared memories and possessions go up in flames

This morning, you wake, a sun ray hits your face
We wake up together, but our mood is immediately dampened by the previous night's events

Smeared makeup as we lay in the wake of destruction
We are lying together with our makeup smudged and our home destroyed by our fighting

Hush baby, speak softly, tell me how awfully sorry
You attempt to apologize and make things right, but your words fall flat

That you pushed me into the coffee table last night
You admit to your physical violence towards me the previous night

So I can push you off me
I push you away from me, wanting nothing to do with you

Try and touch me so I can scream at you not to touch me
You try to show affection, but I react with anger and push you away

Run out the room and I'll follow you like a lost puppy
I am so attached to you that I follow you and allow you to manipulate me, despite my better judgement

Baby, without you, I'm nothing, I'm so lost, hug me
Without you, I feel incomplete and lost without your affection

Then tell me how ugly I am, but that you'll always love me
You insult me and put me down, but then profess your love for me

Then after that, shove me, in the aftermath of the
After showing me affection, you turn violent and push me around

Destructive path that we're on, two psychopaths but we
We acknowledge that our relationship is toxic and unhealthy

Know that no matter how many knives we put in each other's backs
Despite our constant betrayal of each other, we still have each other's backs

That we'll have each other's backs, 'cause we're that lucky
We consider ourselves lucky to have someone we can rely on, even if it's someone who causes us pain

Together, we move mountains, let's not make mountains out of molehills
We accomplish great things together, but we also over-dramatize small issues

You hit me twice, yeah, but who's counting?
You have physically hurt me multiple times and continue to do so

I may have hit you three times, I'm startin' to lose count
I have also resorted to physical violence towards you

But together, we'll live forever, we found the youth fountain
We feel like we will never die and that we have discovered the secret to eternal youth and life

Our love is crazy, we're nuts, but I refused counseling
Our love is insane and unhealthy, but we refuse to seek help or improve our relationship

This house is too huge, if you move out I'll burn all two thousand
Our home is massive, and if you leave, I will destroy it

Square feet of it to the ground, ain't shit you can do about it
I am willing to destroy our home and everything in it, and you cannot stop me

'Cause with you I'm in my fuckin' mind, without you, I'm out it
With you, I feel like I am in a controlled, stable state of mind, but without you, I feel like I am losing my mind

Just gonna stand there and watch me burn
You will let me suffer and burn without intervening

But that's all right because I like the way it hurts
But I enjoy the pain and the cycle of abuse

Just gonna stand there and hear me cry
You will listen to me cry and be in pain without taking action

But that's all right because I love the way you lie
But I will still love you despite your lies and manipulation

I love the way you lie
I love the way you deceive me