Never Is a Promise

You'll never see the courage I know
 Its 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'll never give up seeing eye to eye
 But never is a promise, and you can't afford to lie
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 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
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 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 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-ie-ie-ie