A Promise

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 need appeasing when i start to cry
but never is a promise and i'll never need a lie