Never Is A Promise Lyrics - Tidal - Fiona Apple

You'll never see the courage I know 

Its colors' richness won't appear within your view 

I'll never glow - the way that you glow 

Your presence dominates the judgements made on you 

But as the scenery grows, I see in different lights 

The shades and shadows undulate in my perception 

My feelings swell and stretch; I see from greater heights 

I understand what I am still too proud to mention - to you 

You'll say you understand, but You don't understand 

You'll say you'd never give up seeing eye to eye 

But never is a promise, and you can't afford to lie 

You'll never touch - these things that I hold 

The skin of my emotions lies beneath my own 

You'll never feel the heat of this soul 

My fever burns me deeper than I've ever shown - to you 

You'll say, Don't fear your dreams, it's easier than it seems 

You'll say you'd never let me fall from hopes so high 

But never is a promise and you can't afford to lie 

You'll never live the life that I live 

I'll never live the life that wakes me in the night 

You'll never hear the message I give 

You'll say it looks as though I might give up this fight 

But as the scenery grows, I see in different lights 

The shades and shadows undulate in my perception 

My feelings swell and stretch, I see from greater heights 

I realize what I am now too smart to mention - to you 

You'll say you understand, you'll never understand 

I'll say I'll never wake up knowing how or why 

I don't know what to believe in, you don't know who I am 

You'll say I need appeasing when I start to cry 

But never is a promise and I'll never need a lie