[Intro: Lupe Fiasco]
 Hope the wound heals but it never does
 That's cause you're at war with love
 You're at war with love, yeah

[Hook: Guy Sebastian]
 These battle scars don't look like they're fading
 Don't look like they're ever going away
 They ain't never gonna change
 These battle...

[Verse 1: Lupe Fiasco]
 Never let a [bad word] me
 But I feel [bad word] s wooing me
 Arrow holes, they never close from Cupid on a shooting spree
 Feeling stupid cause I know it ain't no you and me
 But when you're trying to beat the odds up
 Been trying to keep your nods up
 And you know that you should know
 And let her go
 But the fear of the unknown
 Hold another lover strong
 Sends you back into the zone
 With no Tom Hanks to bring you home
 lover not a fighter
 On the front line with a poem
 Trying to write yourself a rifle
 Maybe sharpen up a stone
 To fight the tanks and drones of you being alone

[Pre-hook: Guy Sebastian]
 I wish I never looked, I wish I never touched
 I wish that I could stop loving you so much
 Cause I'm the only one that's trying to keep us together
 When all of the signs say that I should forget her
 I wish you weren't the best, the best I ever had
 I wish that the good outweighed the bad
 Cause it'll never be over (never be over) until you tell me it's over

[Hook: Guy Sebastian]
 These battle scars don't look like they're fading
 Don't look like they're ever going away
 They ain't never gonna change
 These battle scars don't look like they're fading
 Don't look like they're ever going away
 They ain't never gonna change
 These battle...

[Verse 2: Lupe Fiasco]
 (Then just leave then)
 You shouldn't have but you said it
 (And I hope you [bad word] back)
 It shouldn't have happened but you let it
 Now you're down on the ground screaming medic
 The only thing [bad word] is the post-traumatic stresses
 Shields, body armors and vests don't properly work
 That's why you're in a locker full of hurt
 The enemy within and all the fires from your friends
 The best medicine's to probably just let it win

[Pre-hook: Guy Sebastian]
 I wish I couldn't feel, I wish I couldn't love
 I wish that I could stop cause it hurts so much
 And I'm the only one that's trying to keep us together
 When all of the signs say that I should forget her
 I wish you weren't the best, the best I ever had
 I wish that the good outweighed the bad
 Cause it'll never be over, until you tell me it's over

[Hook: Guy Sebastian]
 These battle scars don't look like they're fading
 Don't look like they're ever going away
 They ain't never gonna change
 These battle scars don't look like they're fading
 Don't look like they're ever going away
 They ain't never gonna change
 These battle...

[Bridge: Guy Sebastian & Lupe Fiasco]
 Cause you set me on fire
 I've never felt so alive, yeah

 No, hoping wounds heal, but it never does
 That's because you're at war with love

 And I'm at the point of breaking
 And it's impossible to shake it (yeah)

 See, you hoped the wound heals, but it never does
 That's cause you're at war with love
 Hope it heals, but it never does
 That's cause you're at war with love!

[Hook: Guy Sebastian]
 These battle scars don't look like they're fading
 Don't look like they're ever going away
 I ain't ever gonna change
 These battle scars don't look like they're fading
 Don't look like they're ever going away
 They ain't never gonna change
 These battle scars don't look like they're fading
 Don't look like they're ever going away