I lied
I say I’m okay, forge a smile on my face,
Tell you I’ve moved on, found a better place.
Dark shadows cloak the truth, weakened now I kneel,
Each word I speak deepens a hole where in pain I reel.
I raised a wall of stories, fortress of bitter lies,
Now all’s crumbling to dust beneath heavy skies.
I spun a web of tales that only trapped myself,
Silence delays the truth, poisoning my health.
I lied, oh, I lied, when I said I’m over you,
Each night in my dreams, you’re the one I run to.
I lied to my heart, without you nothing will I lack,
But the truth cuts deep, I can’t stop looking back.
I lied, oh, I lied, when I said I want you to set me free,
But memories of us are like chains tethered to me.
I swore I’d move forward, leave you in the past,
A lie like a bullet, leaving me wounded bleeding so fast,
I lied, oh, I lied, when I said I’d let you go,
So I traded my pride for truth, laid bare to show.
Can’t run, can’t hide, the past has carved my soul,
But each lie I told, on my heart has put a heavy toll.
I thought I could bury the love that we knew,
But it rises, unyielding, in all that I do.
Now, broken before you, with nowhere to go,
My love for you is the truth, only seeds I want to sow.