That's Just the Way (My Love Is)

You never promised me forever
You never said that we'd end up together.
But I took your words as truth
And then I saw the real you.
My dear, you're not as clever as you think
Nor as charming and sweet.
You think you can hide from the world
But the fact of the matter is, I know that to you, there is more.
Acting like you're someone that you're not
Isn't the way that we were meant to be, but I guess you forgot.
I know what it is like to feel so in the in the dark
And dream about a time when you're not afraid to be who you are.
I could have been the one to help you through this
That's just the way my love is.

Your eyes betray nothing to most
But through them I see your soul.
The deepest of secrets, there they reside
As you hope no one sees them and reveals your lies.
Even though you think that you need no one to be there
Everyone needs someone to hold onto and with them share.
You think your life so complicated
So dark and frustrated
That it's impossible for someone to care
But if you only gave yourself a chance to be there.
You'd know that just maybe
Someone could possibly see
That life isn't just about pain
But it can about love again.
If you'd let me, I'll show you how
If you'd only try, right now I vow
To make your life as easy and close to bliss
Because that's just the way my love is.

Looking in your eyes tonight
I saw everything in a different light
As we sat there alone
A darkness in your eyes was shone
You never really let me in
And I don't even know where to begin.
You were all that I had left
And your abandonment has left me bereft.
You took everything that I gave you,
Everything that was in my soul, too
And you used me
You discarded me
And you left me alone with lies
So hurt and weak that I wanted to die.
I guess life doesn't always end in bliss and I know this because
That's just the way my love was...