The situation shattered -- I knew that by the morning you'd be gone
Tried to fall asleep that night knowing there were tears that wouldn't come
And even if the fault was mine I couldn't bear the blame
'Cause I think that I might fall apart on feeling so ashamed
Though I guess I could stand it if I tried
I really don't know why I never cried
I knew just what you wanted, but it was simpler "not to understand"
You knew what you wanted, too, but somehow let yourself fall in my hands
And every time you handed off to me I dropped the ball
Though you seemed to be so certain that I'd never let you fall
Well maybe, but I sure did let you slide
And I really don't know why I never cried
You said, "Don't forsake me, can't you see I cannot let you go
“Like the stream fall from the mountain I just don't have another path to flow"
Nothing you could promise me would make me change my mind
In thinking I could somehow make the water taste like wine
If I let you down, at least I never lied
But I really don't know why I never cried
The candlelight, it's burning, throws its crazy patterns on your face
You say the pain is over, but in your eyes I still can see a trace
You looked to me, I looked away -- it's always been the same
Although in time I'm changing, for the better, so I claimed
By now I thought those changes would apply
So I really don't know why I never cried
I've shared your fears, you're not alone
And now I wish that you had known
Those hidden parts of me I never shared with you
And as the water passes down the valley never to return
There are no easy answers and not too many chances left to learn
Now I have the strangest feeling, as if I were afraid
Though there really isn't anything you did I would trade
What you left me will outlast the longest storm
And I wish that I were crying in your arms
I've shared your fears, you're not alone
And now I wish that you had known
Those hidden parts of me I never shared with you
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