Seems like forever and a day

If my intentions are misunderstood, 
Please be kind
I've done all I should. 
I won't ask of you 
What I would not do. 
Oh, I saw the damage in you 
My fortunate one
The envy of youth. 

Why would they 
Tell me to please those 
That laugh in my face 
When all of the reasons 
They've taught us 
Fall over themselves 
To give way 

It's not a question of 
Whether my heart is [bad word] 
Streamlined
I had to pull thought 
Look for a new 
Beginning on you 
Oh I got a message for you 
Up and away
It's what I gotta do 
Forgive what you have
For what you might lose. 

What would you say 
If I told you that I'm to blame 
And what would you do 
If I had to deny your name 
Where would you go if I told you 
I love you and then walked away 
N' who should I turn to 
If not for the ones 
You would not save

I told you when I found you 
If there were doubts you
Should be careful and unafraid 
Now they surround you 
And all that amounts to 
Is love that you fed by
Perversion and fame 

So if my affections 
Are misunderstood 
And you decide 
I'm up 
To no good 
Don't ask me to 
Enjoy them 
Just for you

Ask yourself
What I would choose 
To prostitute myself
To live with fortune and shame
Oh yeah 
When you should 
Have turned to the hearts 
Of the ones 
That you could not save

I told you 
When I found you 
All that amounts to 
Is love that you fed by
Perversion and fame