Longfellow - Better love

I was empty, hoping you would fill me up
cut you open, took it all so ravenous
you're not enough

I was feeble, hollow-bodied as you led
like an actor, reading lines I'd never felt
I feel them now

If you need a better love, if you need one
I could understand it, I could never give enough
If you need a better love, you deserve one
I can comprehend it, I have given everything
now it's gone, now it's gone

Turned to tinder, struck a match and came to flame
the meat market opened doors to new dead ends
and I'm ashamed

If you need a better love, if you need one
I could understand it, I could never give enough
If you need a better love, you deserve one
I can comprehend it, I have given everything
now it's gone, now it's gone

Eye for eye, tooth for tooth
you provide and I remove
lie for lie, truth for truth
I bring out the worst in you

Eye for eye, tooth for tooth
you provide and I remove
lie for lie, truth for truth
I bring out the worst in you

If you need a better love, if you need one
I could understand it, I could never give enough
If you need a better love, you deserve one
I can comprehend it, I have given everything
now it's gone, now it's gone