How can I tell you how I feel inside
Will the truth throw you away
Sometimes I look into your eyes and start to cry

Cause we come so close, then we back away
Are we so afraid to surrender all


We come so close to perfect love
What in the world are we so frightened of
Why can't we gamble on desire

Let the spark of love finally catch fire
So close to perfect love


You and I always walk a slender line
Of what is false and what is real
We're not as fragile

As we sometimes like to feel
We can spend our lives running all the time
Or we can make a stand together


We come so close to perfect love
What in the world are we so frightened of

Why can't we gamble on desire
Let the spark of love finally catch fire
So close to perfect love


You can take off those white gloves
I know what you're dreaming of

You and I are running out of alibi's

Let the spark of love finally catch fire

We come so close to perfect love
What in the world are we so frightened of
Why can't we gamble on desire

Let the spark of love finally catch fire
So close to perfect love


So close, baby
So close to perfect love
So close, we come so close

We come so close, baby
We come so close to perfect love
Oh, what are we frightened of

So close, we come so close
We come so close to perfect love