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Love. Love keeps a ship flyin'. Love keeps her in the air when she ought to fall down. Tells you she's hurtin' before she keens...

Love. Love is a fairy tale. Something to give little girls big dreams so that they grow up and lead a good life. Love is an illusion, a game that people play...

Love. It makes a family. It's hard to hold onto. One love gives way to another, and you have to make a decision on which is more important...

Love. The ideal. The dream. Wish that love were simpler, wish that when you found it, you both were willing. I carry such a torch...

Love. It brings great sadness and great joy. Sometimes it gets torn from you, but it leaves you better for it. When you've got it, hold onto it with all your might...

Love. It's made up. Don't much care fer it. Mama and money are the only things worth lovin'. It's somethin' you tell pretty ladies, they like that...

What is love? So much interference, it's hard to tell. Love keeps you flyin, it's a game, makes a family, isn't simple, something to cling to, something for pretty ladies.

She jolted upright in her bed, sweating. Love is a lie... Her head flew forward, like it had been hit from behind, her vision shivered. Love is something they tell good little girls and boys so they will do as they are told. She slid her legs out from under the covers and dropped them to the cold floor. "Two by two, with hands of blue..." she whispered.

Standing, she made her way to the door, slightly wobbly. Sliding it open, she propelled herself into the dark hallway, breathing in deep the air. It didn't seem as stale compared to the air in her stuffy room. Love isn't a lie. Got love. Makes the bad things go away.

She made her stumbling way down the hall, and through the ship, until she stood outside the door. "And the mighty king took his mighty sword and drove it mightily into the beast's heart, bringing peace to the land." she said quietly.

Then she opened th