I CAN'T CRY

I can't cry away the memories
or forget about the pain
Can't seem to make you understand
or even find a way to explain

Can't turn my back on yesterdays
too weak to walk away
Too lonely and to scared to leave
too heartbroken to stay

I won't forget your hopes and dreams
how you shared them both with me
And how you offered me so much to learn
and so many things to see

I may have taken it all for granted
trying to protect myself from you
And I held inside my feelings
not knowing what else I should do

You used to understand all this
comfort me when I cried
But now it makes no sense to you
so I hold it deep inside

I can't deny that things have changed
and change more every day
And I won't deny that should be enough
for me to walk away

But you have heard my voice shake
like it does when I am scared
And you have listened to me cry
when I felt like no one cared

So please don't think I listened
when you told me this was good-bye
And please don't think I understand it
Just because you've told me why.