Never Is a Promise
Fiona Apple Lyrics

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 judgments 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 need appeasing
When I start to cry
But never is a promise
And I'll never need a lie

Lyrics © O/B/O APRA AMCOS
Written by: Fiona Apple Maggart

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