Pretend Lyrics

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