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