Fiona Apple - Never Is A Promise

Never Is A Promise
Artist: Fiona Apple
Album: Tidal (1996)

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 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 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

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• apple
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• tidal

[bethanyizlame]

I love this song sooo much. I can't believe it's sixteen years old! unreal...

[ColoradoHatesYou]

damn, this song is great

[BlueburryStorm13]

great song :)

[o8paco]

Made me cry. Great song!

[Ronnie384]

True that dude when you love and the other person is an ARRhole

[dominic2014]

I knew about heartache before I really knew about heartache when I first listened to this song.