do you want to know what this has done to me?

the rage pours down into pools of grieving

oh and your smiles turn to leprosy

turn to sickness spread into your hearts

and the pain sinks roots which smother all

but have borne a seedling - a life of hatred and distrust

you lied in ways. . . you never should have spoken

acceptance conditional

your honesty with fingers crossed behind my back

become the blade that stabs me over and over and over and over again

this time the betrayal is forever

this time will have been the last time

i believe

to have given my self away

but now there is a new me

so proud to be the hating tree

my arms out-stretched - they will withstand most everything

now there is a new me

so sad to be the hating tree

as an offering i gave oh me, my self

the madness and the laughter

insight

a love so full

and a mirror that once told me to believe again

now cries with me for the loss

i know too well

oh and the pain sinks roots which smother all

but have borne a seedling - a life of hatred and distrust

for you lied in ways. . . you never should have spoken

acceptance conditional

your honesty with fingers crossed behind my back

become the blade that stabs me over and over and over and over again

but this time the betrayal is forever

this time will have been the last time

i believe

to have given my soul away

now there is a new me

so proud to be the hating tree

my arms out-stretched - they will withstand most everything

now there is a new me

so sad to be the hating tree