You told me you wanted
a nice little house
something that was safe
with a white picket fence

You told me you wanted
somewhere we could hide
away from all the worry
and finally find comfort

You told me you wanted
a nice little house
maybe a garden
and a nice patio

You told me you wanted
two or three kids
or maybe some cats instead
something to chase away the quiet

You told me you wanted
to be with me forever
(was forever always so short?)
and I thought you meant it

You told me you wanted
to protect me always
in our nice little house
with a white picket fence

You told me you wanted
me to never talk to you again
because now the house's burned down
and the white picket fence is broke

You told me you wanted
me to leave you alone
like forgetting was easy
and forever was never said

You told me you wanted
to always be there
but always wasn't real
and neither was your love

You told me you wanted
to try again
that we could still have that house
with a white picket fence

You told me you wanted
to always listen
if I just let you have this
but I said no

You told me you wanted
to never stop fighting
but it wasn't for love of me
that you loved control

You told me you wanted
me to leave you alone
after you begged me
to take you back

You told me you wanted
something that had slipped
through the cracks
and you left me broken

Because I told you I wanted
you gone before you ever
told me the same
but now they believe you

I told you I wanted
love and not chains
and then when it became
no longer your game

You told me you wanted
me to leave you alone
and so I do
because telling you lied

It won't change the fact
that you told me what you wanted
because what I wanted
never really mattered