Do What You Have to Do
by Sarah McLachlan


What ravages of spirit
Conjured this temptuous rage
Created you a monster
Broken by the rules of love
And fate has lead you through it
You do what you have to do
And fate has led you through it
You do what you have to do...

And I have the sense to recognize
That I don't know how to let you go

Every moment marked
With apparitions of your soul
I'm ever swiftly moving
Trying to escape this desire
The yearning to be near you
I do what I have to do
The yearning to be near you
I do what I have to do...

But I have the sense to recognize
That I don't know how to let you go
I don't know how to let you go

A glowing ember
Burning hot
Burning slow
Deep within I'm shaken
By the violence of existing for only you
I know I can't be with you
I do what I have to do
I know I can't be with you
I do what I have to do...

And I have the sense to recognize
But I don't know how to let you go
I don't know how to let you go
I don't know how to let you go

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