Tainted love

Often people stay in relationships that are unhealthy for them. They feel torn apart by what they feel inside and how society views them. The need to escape to live as you want to – often the need to be valued, loved and cherished beckons and yet we remain in loveless relationships. Perhaps for financial reasons – or so that the children can have two parents in the same house. .

We were the role models of the community every one believed ours was a match made in heaven. I would have done anything for my man - unfortunately this was never enough for him. One day my son called me home from work my man was messing around - I realised that day that it doesn’t matter how much you love some one you can never make them love you in return.

Sometimes I feel I've got to
Run away I've got to
Get away
From the pain that you drive into the heart of me
The love we share
Seems to go nowhere
And I've lost my light
For I toss and turn I can't sleep at night

Once I ran to you (I ran)
Now I'll run from you
This tainted love you've given
I give you all a boy could give you
Take my tears and that's not nearly all
Oh...tainted love
Tainted love

Now I know I've got to
Run away I've got to
Get away
You don't really want IT any more from me
To make things right
You need someone to hold you tight
And you' think love is to pray
But I'm sorry I don't pray that way

Don't touch me please
I cannot stand the way you tease
I love you though you hurt me so
Now I'm going to pack my things and go
Tainted love, tainted love
Touch me baby, tainted love
Tainted love

Soft Cell
Tainted Love