LOVE AND HATE [Intro] [moody Rhodes, psychedelic guitar, deep bass, dusty R&B drums] Yeah... Ooh... (ooh, yeah) How can I love you so much... And still get so mad at you? Yeah... Love and hate... [Verse 1] [smooth R&B / Neo-Soul groove] One minute we're laughing like nothing could go wrong, Next minute we're standing in the middle of a storm. You know every weakness, I know every scar, Funny how the person closest can hurt you the most. We say things in the heat we don't really mean, Then wake up wishing we could erase the scene. Still, when I walk away, something pulls me back, Like every road I take keeps leading where you're at. [Ad-libs] Ooh... (why we do this?) Yeah... (why we do this?) Baby... (I don't know) [Pre-Chorus] We can fight all night, Then hold each other close. You can drive me crazy, Still be the one I need the most. [Chorus] [big layered R&B vocals] It's love and hate... (love and hate) We can hurt each other, then we can't stay away. It's love and hate... (ooh, yeah) Push me out the door, then you want me to stay. One minute, we're on fire, Next minute, we're cold as rain. I don't know how we got here, But I still call your name. It's love and hate... And somehow I want it either way. [Verse 2] You know exactly how to get underneath my skin, But somehow you're the first one I want when my day begins. We got our differences, we got our pride, But there's something about us we can't leave behind. Maybe we're imperfect, maybe that's the truth, Maybe love ain't easy when it's this close to you. I've tried to picture life without you in my plans, But every time I do, I reach for your hand. [Ad-libs] Still you... (still you) Only you... (only you) I can't explain it... But I know... [Pre-Chorus] We can fight all night, Then hold each other close. You can drive me crazy, Still be the one I need the most. [Chorus] It's love and hate... (love and hate) We can hurt each other, then we can't stay away. It's love and hate... (ooh, yeah) Push me out the door, then you want me to stay. One minute, we're on fire, Next minute, we're cold as rain. I don't know how we got here, But I still call your name. It's love and hate... And somehow I want it either way. [Bridge] [beat drops, Rhodes and falsetto] Maybe we don't have to choose Between the perfect and the pain. Maybe loving someone deeply Means learning through the rain. I don't want another battle... I don't want another war... I just want to find the version of us That knows what we're fighting for. [Falsetto] Ooh... Love and hate... Same heart... Same flame... [Breakdown] [funky bass, sparse drums, vocal chants] Love me... (love me) Hate me... (hate me) Still you can't escape me... Hold me... (hold me) Leave me... (don't leave me) Tell me what you really need, baby... Love and hate... Love and hate... [Final Chorus] [full psychedelic R&B arrangement, stacked harmonies] It's love and hate... (love and hate) We can hurt each other, then we can't stay away. It's love and hate... (yeah) Even through the tears, I still want you every day. One minute, we're on fire, Next minute, we're calling it a mistake. But somewhere underneath the anger There's a love we can't replace. It's love and hate... Maybe that's just how we love. [Outro] [Rhodes, guitar and bass fade] Yeah... We fight... We make up... We fall... We come back... Ooh... Love and hate... Same two hearts... Same crazy love... Yeah...
