You grow up watching romance on TV
You hear its stories in dusted books during bedtime
On the playground your games are centered around it,
whole groups of you playing to figure out what love might feel like
All of a sudden you're on your own with this girl you didn't think about yesterday but you'd swear that she's practically glowing today
You go through puberty with its awkward changes and now the attraction is for real
Your attraction changes but the stories stay the same, you know that she'll be there someday
She's the one prophesied to make everything ok
With her you can take on anything, with her life will be real good
But which one is it?
You stumble through your friends and new acquaintances with the sole goal always in mind
And isn't she kind of cute? You've never noticed it before but today you swear that you can see it, she's practically glowing
You go through a few more of those
Most reject you
Some feel right but don't work out
Some feel wrong but work for too long
You grow tired of the stories
You need to settle down
If the one doesn't come to you, you will come to her
So you go to bars, make accounts and download apps
She doesn't have to be glowing she just has to be there
Then one day you get to her
She's there and it's good and it works
You can finally settle down to live as you should, do as you're told
But the stories linger
They're showing them on TV
You read them to your children from dusted books
And you do love her but your love wasn't like the stories
And you feel happy you're sure, but what if it's not right?
Maybe it needs to be like the stories
So you divorce and split the household in two
The kids spend one week here and one week there
There are other women but they're not like the stories either
You try it all to escape the stories
Your career skyrockets
You go traveling and you meet new people
But you've never felt so lonely before
No matter where you go,
you see it on TV
And you read about it in books
Then the mother of your children stands there once again
And you didn't think about her yesterday
But you'd swear she's practically glowing today