Never Is a Promise

You'll never see the courage I know

Its colors' richness won't appear within your view

I'll never glow the way that you glow

Your presence dominates the judgements made on you

But as the scenery grows, I see in different lights

The shades and shadows undulate in my perception

My feelings swell and stretch I see from greater heights

I understand what I am still too proud to mention - to you

You'll say you understand, but you don't understand

You'll say you'd never give up seeing eye to eye

But "never" is a promise and you can't afford to lie

You'll never touch these things that I hold

The skin of my emotions lies beneath my own

You'll never feel the heat of this soul

My fever burns me deeper than I've ever shown - to you

You'll say "Don't fear your dreams, it's easier than it seems"

You'll say you'd never let me fall from hopes so high

But "never" is a promise and you can't afford to lie

You'll never live the life that I live

I'll never live the life that wakes me in the night

You'll never hear the message I give

You'll say it looks as though I might give up this fight

But as the scenery grows, I see in different lights

The shades and shadows undulate in my perception

My feelings swell and stretch, I see from greater heights

I realize what I am now too smart to mention - to you

You'll say you understand, you'll never understand

I'll say I'll never wake up knowing how or why

I don't know what to believe in, you don't know who I am

You'll say I need appeasing when I start to cry

But "never" is a promise and I'll never need a lie