I can't take back something I couldn't do
And what I couldn't do
Was tell the truth
I was just protecting you
And I know your pressed because of my complicated ways
I still think about you everyday
And everyone thinks I'm over it
But I still feel the same
Some things just aren't meant to be
I feel that's how it is with you and me
And it hurts me to know that you wouldn't tell me the truth
Because I never lied to you
My lies protected your life
But all your eyes saw was someone hiding the truth
Something you so easily do
And maybe I was wrong
But I'd rather be a liar and not jeopardize your life
Although you ruined mines
Than to stay up every night with the brutal truth of knowing you lost your life
Because I couldn't tell a lie
All I did was protect you
I won't regret it
Even if it did hurt you
Which I never meant to do
I couldn't tell the truth
No what I mean to say
Is I chose not to
I think that sometimes I forget that lying is always a choice, the consequences just aren't always that pretty.