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In trying to protect it we lost it
In trying to help it got worse
In trying to make it simple it was complexed
In trying to love it is now hate
In trying to be one it is two
In trying to be friends we are enemies
In trying to be lovers we are exs
In trying to be enemies we are friends
In trying to hate it is love
In trying to capture it is free
In trying to keep it alive its dead...

Any guess at what 'it' is?