It occurs to me at weird moments,
good moments, in-the-middle moments
Pops up rarely, sometimes, all the time
A feeling of insufficiency, insecurity, inability
It tears at me, knowing that we may be settling
and it's quite unsettling to identify this

Unable to capture you as she did, you don't
     Love me as deeply as you loved her
You aren't going to ever  
     Be crazy about me as you were for her

But I don't want to say this because,
you'll look at me strange, because,
you won't understand, because,
you can't comprehend how I could
possibly think something as silly as
measuring and comparing your love

and yet I find myself feeling like this, I can't say
     Love me as deeply as you loved her
I can't force you to
     Be crazy about me as you were for her

It occurs to me at weird moments,
but I don't want to say this because,
it tears at me, knowing that we may be settling
you're settling for me and I'm settling for the want
of something that inevitably won't happen,
and it's quite unsettling to identify this

and yet I find myself chanting, trying to will you to
      Love me as deeply as you loved her
but I know you can't force yourself to
      Be crazy about me as you were for her