Telling Lies

Never want to hurt the feelings of

The one for whom you really care.

Secrets become commonplace,

Filling spaces everywhere.

But secrets are a prelude to

A life of compromise

Where truth succumbs to a whole new world

Of telling lies.

 

Telling lies to spare your feelings,

Telling lies to hide my shame,

Trying hard to find excuses

‘Cause I just can’t stand to share the blame.

I don’t want to be the villain

Or look guilty in your eyes,

But there’s no excuse that makes it right

When we start telling lies.

 

You were always true to me,

Never had a wandering eye.

You deserve much better

Than some made-up wayward alibi.

Only now, as you walk away,

I finally realize

That I have to pay the price for telling lies.