We can try, we can pretend, and we can even move away from them-but if itвЂ™s real, and if thatвЂ™s forever kind of thing-then all of it will be in vain. We canвЂ™t make them fall for the convenient option-and we also canвЂ™t make them stop loving the wrong choice. We can control every aspect of our lives we can even control our minds through meditation and hard work-but the one aspect, the one thing in this entire world we canвЂ™t control is our hearts. The thing is, there is nothing that I could do, say or even give you to make you fall in love with me-but, there is also nothing in the world that can prevent you from doing just that. I want a man who understands that when I place a stone in his palm-one IвЂ™ve found while away and thinking of him-thereвЂ™s no highest honor.ДЇor itвЂ™s not those gifts that I buy, but those small shells and stones that I come across and bring home that truly are the gifts from my heart. I will never spend one second trying to talk someone into why they should love me, because if they canвЂ™t see those reasons for themselves, then they most certainly are not the one for me. What IвЂ™ve learned is the only kind of love that actually does last forever is also the one that canвЂ™t be controlled. I want him to love me because I still love fruit loops and popsicles, not because I pretend to only enjoy high-end delicacies that adults are supposed to crave. I want him to love that I am crazy and different-and that I can rarely be found wearing shoes (or underwear for that matter). I want him to be able to make a mile-long list of all of my faults-and then say that he doesnвЂ™tВ love me in spite of them, but because of them. I want him to recognizeВ the sound of my footsteps long before he sees my face.

When someone falls in love with me, I want it to be for me-because of the woman am. I donвЂ™t want to have to primp in order to be found sexy, nor do I want to watch what I say, so that I only ever seemВ funny and cheerful-really,В I donвЂ™t want to have toВ do anything. I suppose I just started to believe that the only love I want is also the one that I wonвЂ™t ever have to work for. ItвЂ™s the kind that sticks through anything, even when maybe all we want it to do is go away. IвЂ™ve realized that whatever you felt for me would be there, regardless of anything I did or said, because when itвЂ™s that real, canвЂ™t-quit-it-no-matter-what-we-do type of love, then itвЂ™s there forever. Was I hoping that you would fall in love with me enough to want to take a chance? Of course.Д«ut I wasnвЂ™t trying to make it happen, nor did I spend a great deal of time thinking about it.В I figured that if your emotions had become as strong as your passions, then perhaps someday you would let me in on all the secrets that your heart held-and until then, thereвЂ™s nothing else I could possibly do to change that fact. I realized that-if after all weвЂ™ve been through, encountered, discussed-if after all of that history, you still hadnвЂ™t fallen in love with meвЂ¦well, then nothing else I did or said would make a difference. Looking back, I didnвЂ™t conduct myself in a way to please you every minute, nor did I really do anything in particular, other than simply be myself I suppose. ItвЂ™s not to say that IвЂ™m apathetic, but only that IвЂ™m notВ after winning your affections.

This time, the only thought I have is-if you donвЂ™tВ love me by now, then you honestly never will. There were times when I would sit and wonder whoВ exactly I was to you-but not this time. We were the safest kind of danger, in a world where the very things we want are also those we are taught we should never have. ThatвЂ™s not to say either of us are вЂњplayers,вЂќ but only that weвЂ™ve made our fair share of mistakes-or lessons, depending upon perspective. Sometimes we reach a point of no return-the final level of a game that weвЂ™ve been working on and strategizing for years. Buckingham and Nicks share lead vocals on the song.вЂњThey slipped briskly into an intimacy from which they never recovered.вЂќ ~ F. Interesting Fact:В Stevie Nicks wrote the lyrics about Lindsey Buckingham as their relationship was falling apart. It turns out that these lyrics are pieces of ChristineвЂ™s вЂњButter Cookie (Keep Me There)вЂќ and other bits of songs from different members of the band. The first time we heard this, we were completely shocked! With StevieвЂ™s eerie improv verses before the recognizable lyrics in the released version, we were almost certain it was a completely different song.

If you don t love me now