Trying Not to Love You Lyrics

[Verse 1]
You call to me, and I fall at your feet
How could anyone ask for more?
(How could anyone ask for more?)
And our time apart, like knives in my heart
How could anyone ask for more?
(How could anyone ask for more?)

[Pre-Chorus]
But if there's a pill to help me forget
God knows I haven't found it yet
But I'm dying to, God I'm trying to

[Chorus]
'Cause trying not to love you, only goes so far
And trying not to need you, is tearing me apart

Can't see the silver lining, from down here on the floor
And I just keep on trying, but I don't know what for
'Cause trying not to love you
Only makes me love you more
Only makes me love you more

[Verse 2]
And this kind of pain, only time takes away
That's why it's harder to let you go (That's why it's harder to let you go)
And nothing I can do, without thinking of you
That's why it's harder to let you go (That's why it's harder to let you go)
[Pre-Chorus]
But if there's a pill to help me forget
God knows I haven't found it yet
But I'm dying to, God I'm trying to

[Chorus]
'Cause trying not to love you, only goes so far
Trying not to need you, is tearing me apart
Can't see the silver lining, from down here on the floor
And I just keep on trying, but I don't know what for
'Cause trying not to love you
Only makes me love you more

[Bridge]
So I sit here divided, just talking to myself
Was it something that I did? Was there somebody else?
When a voice from behind me, that was fighting back tears
Sat right down beside me, whispered right in my ear
Said, I've been dying to tell you

[Chorus]
Trying not to love you, only went so far
Trying not to need you, was tearing me apart
Now I see the silver lining, from what we're fighting for
We just keep on trying, we could be much more
'Cause trying not to love you
Oh, yeah, trying not to love you
Only makes me love you more
Only makes me love you more

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Genius Annotation

This paean to romantic ambivalence is the fifth single from Nickelback’s seventh studio album, Here and Now.

The song’s music video stars Jason Alexander (George Costanza from TV sitcom Seinfeld) as a coffee shop barista who falls in love with a beautiful girl played by Brooke Burns (Jessie Owens from TV series Baywatch) and attempts to woo her with his caffeinated creations. Alexander previously featured in a couple of visuals for Brad Paisley songs, “Celebrity” and “Online,” the latter of which he also directed and won the 2007 Country Music Association’s Video of the Year Award.

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