[Verse 1]
Sarah reads about the patterns in her heart
Norwood shows the way love falls apart
When healing becomes the only goal
And fixing others costs your soul
Not masochism, something deeper still
The belief that love can always heal
[Chorus]
Future lost, present trapped
In the cycle, can't step back
Benjamin says recognize
Bowen shows where fusion lies
Lerner's dance of over-under
Future dimension torn asunder
[Verse 2]
Jessica Benjamin writes of mutual sight
When both partners have their inner light
But subjects become just functions now
In survival systems, love turns sour
Recognition fades when one dissolves
Into the other's problems to solve
[Chorus]
Future lost, present trapped
In the cycle, can't step back
Benjamin says recognize
Bowen shows where fusion lies
Lerner's dance of over-under
Future dimension torn asunder
[Verse 3]
Murray Bowen calls it fusion state
When boundaries disappear too late
One absorbs the other's fear and pain
Their own emotions down the drain
Differentiation lost in care
No future self is growing there
[Bridge]
Harriet Lerner sees the dance
Overfunctioner's last chance
Trading inner life away
For managing each single day
The future shrinks to just right now
Caretaking is all they know
[Chorus]
Future lost, present trapped
In the cycle, can't step back
Benjamin says recognize
Bowen shows where fusion lies
Lerner's dance of over-under
Future dimension torn asunder
[Outro]
Read these chapters, understand
How love becomes a losing hand
When purpose shifts from growth to heal
The future stops becoming real
Norwood, Benjamin, Bowen, Lerner too
Show the path to something new