Pretend

If I could just pretend that you'd been just a friend
I'd close the night, turn out the light and sleep
If I could've only seen what lay ahead for me
A bottle full of promises I'd keep

Your eyes, they had their way, they knew just what to say
That stare, it wounded me so deep
I could have shut them out and kept away the doubt
But here I am paying it so steep

Something in your eyes always told me this wasn't just friendly
They were hypnotic, your smile so erotic and wanting
The fear was clear but so was your willingness to be near me
You believed in me, you believed in us and you let the feeling make it real

Your eyes, oh your eyes
Eyes that never lie, they'd invite me inside
You dared me with that stare
One look too many now it's my cross to bear

Those eyes betrayed the words, they never knew their worth
Took me by the hand and made me believe
The fear was clearly there, your openness so bare
We long crossed the point from which we can't retreat

If I could just pretend that you'd been just a friend
I'd have found a way to keep you on the wall

But now I clearly see that you were meant for me
And though you're still with him, no more than one can win
When time's the only, only sin

Cause you love me, yeah you love me
I know you do and you know it's true
You can tell me that you want me
I could never let you walk away
Without knowing how I'm falling
And I don't' know how to find my way back
Your confession left me reeling
And I don't know how to go
Back to being like before you
Cause now I can't help but adore you
You're the angel in my ceiling
And I never learned to fly
No, I never learned to fly