I Can’t Make You Love Me

[Verse 1]
Love is a virtue
Longing for you is my reality
Although a promise was made for keeps
You're slippin' away from me

[Pre-Chorus]
You're out of my control
I can't make you see, so I set you free, my dove
You're out of my control
No guarantees, so I set you free because

[Chorus]
I can't make you love me
No
I can't make you love me
Oh-oh

[Verse 2]
Thought I could show you
A passage leading to ever-after
With a message sealing the offer
But what have I to show? (Ohh-ohh-ohh)
I'm no philosopher (Ohh)
Wish I knew the theory behind your heart (Ohh)
I'm not your ruler (Ohh-ohh)
Wish I could change your mind, but I can't

[Pre-Chorus]
You're out of my control
I can't make you see, so I set you free, my dove
You're out of my control
No guarantees, so I set you free because

[Chorus]
I can't make you love me
No
I can't make you love me
Oh-oh

[Verse 3]
You keep pullin' us apart
There's only so much I can take, whoa, oh-oh
Although I've tried to hold your heart
I don't know how to make you stay, stay

[Chorus]
I can't make you love me
No
I can't make you love me
Oh-oh
I can't make you love me
No, no, no
I can't make you love me
Ohh, no

[Outro]
I can't make you love me