...promising the road to hope...

You said that I could find peace, then you told me I was worthless.

You said that I could smile again, then you turned out the light.

You were no different than the others, expecting what I could never give.

Promising the road to hope

Then leaving me alone, lonely and afraid.

You said I chose what I lived, then you told me the price I would pay.

You said my life would change, then abandoned me when I lost my way.

Your truth was a lie.

Maybe you thought it would become real if you told it enough.

You said my failure to change was a lack of faith.

Then I cried and cried and cried.

You said I lacked desire and sincerity, then I fell to pieces and died inside.

I loved life but could not live mine.

You beat me then stole my last breath.

You said to ignore the sound of footsteps -- the sound of others on the same road.

Then I knew I had to find strength.

You said that to live any other way was unacceptable.

Then I knew I only had to accept myself.

The road is long and lonely.

Even though so many are walking.

I will leave a light.