They Might Be Giants - Never Knew Love lyrics

I never knew love could be like this I never knew love could be like this I go around thinking I'm a genius But I never knew love could be like this Cartography Is not my métier And the mountainsides of daydreams Too steep for me today Lovers lost before us And most did not return The few so hale and hearty Now broken down and burned I never knew love could be like this Was anyone else but me surprised? How anything happens is mysterious And I never knew love could be like this Biography Is all they understand No semaphore or secrets Or just good old pretend And now they all are sleeping But this keeps us awake These words, they need safekeeping A promise not to break I never knew love could be like this I never knew love could be like this I go around thinking I'm a genius But I never knew love Has there ever been love? Oh, I never knew love could be like this