i knew from the beginning
we were never meant to be
but i thought if i could try
i could love you enough for the both of us
and that i couldn't expect any better
for who i was, what i was
for who you were
never for who we were
i gave you all i could, all i was
i poured it all out into your hands
and watched it slowly slip through your fingers
as you slowly turned away
back to a place where i never belonged
no matter how much i tried to pretend
words i convinced myself to believe
now lie crushed beneath our feet
standing on them, i can look straight in your eyes
and see that we were fooling ourselves
or maybe it was only me
pretending that someone like you could love someone like me
but knowing all along that i would someday lose you
letting you use me
knowing you needed me almost as much as i needed you
i reach out my hands to you now
and you press broken promises into them
all you have to offer now
all i can take from you now are scars
and so i look back now through my tears
knowing it was all a lie
then turn away, and go back
to the place where i belong
forever away from you.

SBW