You'll never see the courage I know
It's color's 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 this 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'll need appeasing
when I start to cry
But "never" is a promise
and I'll never need a lie