tall and handsome, 9 out of 10
curvy dancer, smitten again
he makes her scoff at his forward embraces and
he loves her blush at his stare
she cracks him up on a regular basis and
she loves his hands in her hair

but there's so many factors and so many deal-breakers
so many sifting through heartache and fakers
"the best of of getting it's letting it go"
so say the people who know

he has rhythm under his skin
she is the melody that works it's way in
they dreamed a parallel chuckle would gather and
they could start sharin' their names
full-knowing the barricades there for a reason
they risk it and go up in flames

cuz there's so many factors and so many deal-breakers
so many sifting through heartache and fakers
"the best of of getting it's letting it go"
so say the people who know
who are the people who know?

Ooh, sigh and shake your head
as you lay down in bed with a silhouette
that you've never met

he has written his personal laws
and she has used them to pick out his flaws
1 is for family
2 is for sex
3 is religion and
4 is for pets and
5 is for politics
you may disagree, but one of these 5's
gonna take you from me
her's are:
attraction
2- intellect
3- is the spiritual and
4...I forget and
5 is that essence you can't touch or see
one of these 5 will protect you from me

that's why theres so many factors and so many deal-breakers
so many sifting through heartache and fakers
"the best of of getting it's letting it go"
so say the people who know
shutup, you don't really know

sometimes you need to be held like a child
and told that "you're fine" and "you're safe" and "you're mine"
sometimes you need to be kissed deep and wild
and thrown to the wall as you're preciously riled up and cradled down
...but the arms aren't found

these are symptoms of something that's "right"
and even a majority still merits a fight
"she will be right for me"
that's all he's got
and she's got a long list of things that he's not
and some say it's all about "knowing yourself"
God, will you guide me to one that is right for me
right for him
right for them
give us a home so we won't be alone

cuz with so many factors and so many deal-breakers..
I just can't navigate this on my own...

tell me I won't be alone
please God, don't leave me alone

say that someday I'll smile
lookin' back at the mess
in my pretty white dress and my lover true
send me someone who
totally fits me and doesn't break deals
crazy and about him and everything's real
someone with whom I can finally let go
and we'll be the people who know

we are the people who know