About You

You love someone but think that they don't love you
They love you but think you don't love them too
Back and forth and round and round
You ask for love they let you down
But they feel about as loved by you
As you do by them
And the cycle starts again
Cuz it's not about them
It's about you
It's the cycle you can't get past
Cuz you dunno how to
You both blame each other
Your fathers and mothers
And the feeling's real but it ain't new
Cuz you want it be about them
But it's about you
You cheat to try to keep your beating heart alive
But the hole you try to fill is still there on the other side
You swear that you won't do it again
But you do it again and again and then
You hate them because you think it's all their fault
But it's projection, yeah that's all
Cuz it's not about them
It's about you
It's the cycle you can't get past
Cuz you dunno how to
You both blame each other
Your fathers and mothers
And the feeling's real but it ain't new
Cuz you want it be about them
But it's about you
You spend 12 years trying to clean the mess
But the more that you do, they seem to love you less
You change for them but really you change for you
And when they leave, all that you can do
Is hope they find the same peace you got to
Cuz it's not about them
It's about you
It's the cycle you can't get past
Cuz you dunno how to
You both blame each other
Your fathers and mothers
And the feeling's real but it ain't new
Cuz you want it be about them
But it's about you