a perfect lie

you made believe it
so easily...

one by one
you destroyed them all
tearing down
my unbreakable walls
till i saw...

all the good inside you
i could not see the nasty
the parts that you worked
so hard to keep away
from mine eyes
but darlin' understand now
thats all i see
when i look at you
you don't really deserve me

when it was all just
a perfect lie

you promised me more than you
knew you could...

or would bother to give
you preyed upon my yearning
to be someone's special
used my wits against me

turned the tables
and had your way
twisted me up and just
walked away
tore me up inside
and i'm left with nothing
cause you ripped a
part of me away
and left me questioning

how much of it was
a perfect lie

you made me wonder
like no one before...

and even now
after time has passed
and widened the gap
between then and now

why didn't i see it coming
for how long was i out
to let someone use me up
yet somehow
doubts remain about
your true intentions
i wonder and sometimes think
that mabe just a bit of you said
could have been true

or was ever last part
a perfect lie

don't think i'll forget
or forgive...

what you did
will haunt me
scar me
and bruise

and for that i say thank you
for that painful ruse
for now i now mine enemies
and at the top of the list is you
and if you ever come near me
to talk or to touch
know that i remember
that lesson you taught
looking back

i see some truth to
a perfect lie