The disappointing thing about heartbreak warfare is that, once you begin, no one really ever wins. And yet the truth is that in matters of the heart, there’re only two things we all really want – to feel like we’re enough and to be loved.

Heartbreak Warfare is a song by John Mayer, an American blues-rock musician. It’s the opening track on Battle Studies, his 2009 fourth studio album. John Mayer wrote and produced the song. It was featured in the movie Date Night. Here are the lyrics:

Lightning strikes inside my chest to keep me up at night
Dream of ways to make you understand my pain

Clouds of sulfur in the air, bombs are falling everywhere
It’s heartbreak warfare

Once you want it to begin, no one really ever wins
in heartbreak warfare

If you want more love why don’t you say so?
If you want more love why don’t you say so?

Drop his name, push it in, and twist the knife again
Watch my face as I pretend to feel no pain, pain, pain.

Clouds of sulfur in the air, bombs are falling everywhere
It’s heartbreak warfare

Once you want it to begin, no one really ever wins
in heartbreak warfare.

If you want more love why don’t you say so?
If you want more love why don’t you say so?

Just say so…

How come the only way to know how high you get me is to see how far I fall?
God only knows how much I’d love you if you let me but I can’t break through it all.

It’s a heart… heartbreak

I don’t care if we don’t sleep at all tonight
Let’s just fix this whole thing now

I swear to God we’re gonna get it right if you lay your weapon down
Red wine and Ambien

You’re talking shit again, it’s heartbreak warfare

Good to know it’s all a game
Disappointment has a name, it’s heartbreak, heartbreak.

It’s heartbreak warfare
It’s heartbreak warfare
It’s heartbreak warfare

June 3, 2018: Escape

June 3, 2019: You’re on your own

June 3, 2020: Goodbye, my love