I Love Her But She Loves Someone Else

I Love Her But She Loves Someone Else - Sting

When a man of my age shaves his face in the morning

Who is it that stares back and greets him

The ghost of his father long dead all these years

Or the boy that he was still wet in the ears

Or the terrible sum of all of his fears

In the eyes of this stranger who meets him

So his glance rarely strays from his chin or his jawline

To face up to the truth of his soul

It's the eyes he avoids so afraid to acknowledge

Something strange unexpected out of control

There are times when a man needs to brave his reflection

And face what he sees without fear

It takes a man to accept his mortality

Or be surprised by the presence of a tear

It was only an arrangement a practical arrangement

I forgot the first commandment of the realist's handbook

Don't be fooled by illusions you created yourself

And fall in love with someone when she loves someone else

Like a covering of snow on a winter's night

It glistens and it sparkles in the moonlight

But it's gone by the morning how quickly it melts

You still love her but she loves someone else

And where does that leave you

You self-styled man of vision

You feel stupid you feel angry are you losing your mind

To destroy the one she loves does that become your mission

Like a pantomime villain with an axe to grind

To regain your self-respect hold your head up like a man

Use the ice around your heart before it melts

But you're not fooling anybody you're only fooling yourself

Like a covering of snow on a winter's night

It glistens and it sparkles in the moonlight

But it's gone by the morning how quickly it melts

You still love her but she loves someone else