"Battlefield" by Jordin Sparks

Love shouldn't be a battlefield. Love should be a nice partnership between two people that stays afloat as long as it remains functional and fizzles out when it loses spark. If it's "true love", assuming you believe in that as I do, the spark will not fade - or at least it will be in a constant state of rekindling. Often, it's hard to separate relationships in which the spark never fades from relationships in which the spark never existed. But that's a different story altogether.

My relationship with Jacob transformed a small portion of my life into a battlefield. Not only were we battling unnecessarily with each other, but others around us were dragged into the flanks. Sadie placed herself defiantly in the middle, hating me for my indecision while being too immature to understand the consequences and implications of her actions. Aggie got mutilated and cut down on the side. Jacob stayed in the back ranks, watching passively as the lines before him fell. And I, I'm sporting an array of battle scars that will never entirely fade, but they will prove my strength in that I endured them.

I guess in a way, life leads you through a number of battles. Each failed relationship is a battle in which many are wounded and few are completely victorious. The question is: Is there a point when the battles stop? Is there a point where a "true love" comes in and ends the war to create a period of lasting peace? That part is up for grabs. I can't say for sure how I feel about it. A lot of being in a relationship is luck. The timing has to work. The little intricacies of each situation have to add up correctly. However, I do not feel it is necessary to settle. I don't think it's necessary to sit passively on the sidelines without feeling.

These kinds of wars are the aftermath of a spark that fizzled out too quickly - without understanding. These kinds of wars indicate the presence of a deep caring that is reluctant to be torn apart. "I did not mean to start a war." But I did. It's over now and I've reached a graver plateau of understanding. Jacob is not who he once was to me. Sadie is no longer a friend I can trust. But I with my battle scars walk on, knowing that soon I will be granted a new beginning.

Lyrics to "Battlefield":

Don't try to explain your mind
I know what's happening
One minute it's love and suddenly
It's like a battle-field
One word turns into a
Why is it the smallest things that tear us down
My world's nothing when you don't
I'm not here without a shield
Can't go back now

Both hands tied behind my back with nothing
Oh no
These times when we climb so fast to fall again
Why we gotta fall for it now

I never meant to start a war
You know I never wanna hurt you
Don't even know what we're fighting for

Why does love always feel like ...
a battlefield (battlefield)
a battlefield (battlefield)
a battlefield (battlefield)
[repeat]
Why does love always feel like

Can't swallow our pride,
Neither of us wanna raise that flag
If we can't surrender
then we both gonna lose what we had, oh no

Both hands tied behind my back with nothing
(nothing)
Oh no, these times when we climb so fast to fall again
I don't wanna fall for it now

I never meant to start a war
You know I never wanna hurt you
Don't even know what we're fighting for

Why does love always feel like ...
a battlefield (battlefield)
a battlefield (battlefield)
a battlefield (battlefield)
[repeat]

I guess you better go and get your armor
(get your armor)
Get your armor (get your armor)
I guess you better go and get your armor
(get your armor)
Get your armor (get your armor)
I guess you better go and get your

We could pretend that we are friends tonight
And in the morning we'll wake up and we'll be alright
Cause baby we don't have to fight
And I don't want this love to feel like

A battlefield (oh), a battlefield (oh), a battlefield,
Why does love always feel like a battlefield (oh),
A battlefield (oh), a battlefield

I guess you better go and get your armor
I never meant to start a war (start a war)
You know I never wanna hurt you
Don't even know what we're fighting for
(fighting, fighting for)

Why does love always feel like ...
a battlefield (battlefield)
a battlefield (battlefield)
a battlefield (battlefield)
[repeat]

I guess you better go and get your armor
(get your armor)
Get your armor (get your armor)
I guess you better go and get your armor
(get your armor)
Get your armor (get your armor)

[slowly fade]
Why does love always feel like
(whooaa ooow)
Why does love always feel like
(whooaa ooow)
A battlefield, a battlefield..

[(whooaa ooow) throughout to end]
I never meant to start a war
Don't even know what we're fighting for
I never meant to start a war
Don't even know what we're fighting for
(whooaa ooow)
[fade out]

Link to Music Video:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=suPlYwJ3YvM&feature=fvst