[ti:Never Is a Promise] [ar:Fiona Apple] [al:Tidal] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.37]Never Is a Promise - Fiona Apple [00:01.51]Lyrics by:Fiona Apple [00:02.35]Composed by:Fiona Apple [00:03.18]Produced by:Andrew Slater [00:21.58]You'll never see the courage I know [00:29.68]Its colors' richness won't appear within your view [00:38.08]I'll never glow the way that you glow [00:46.60]Your presence dominates the judgements made on you [00:55.18]But as the scenery grows I see in different lights [01:02.77]The shades and shadows undulate in my perception [01:10.34]My feelings swell and stretch I see from greater heights [01:17.34]I understand what I am still too proud to mention to you [01:28.58]You'll say you understand but you don't understand [01:36.98]You'll say you'd never give up seeing eye to eye [01:44.07]But"never" is a promise and you can't afford to lie [02:10.99]You'll never touch these things that I hold [02:19.20]The skin of my emotions lies beneath my own [02:27.70]You'll never feel the heat of this soul [02:35.40]My fever burns me deeper than I've ever shown to you [02:46.74]You'll say"Don't fear your dreams it's easier than it seems" [02:54.63]You'll say you'd never let me fall from hopes so high [03:02.52]But never is a promise and you can't afford to lie [03:31.03]You'll never live this life that I live [03:39.23]I'll never live the life that wakes me in the night [03:47.35]You'll never hear the message I give [03:54.72]You'll say it looks as though I might give up this fight [04:05.43]But as the scenery grows I see in different lights [04:12.41]The shades and shadows undulate in my perception [04:19.76]My feelings swell and stretch I see from greater heights [04:26.69]I realize what I am now too smart to mention [04:37.54]To you [04:40.18]You'll say you understand you'll never understand [04:48.63]I'll say I'll never wake up knowing how or why [04:56.93]I don't know what to believe in you don't know who I am [05:05.17]You'll say I need appeasing when I start to cry [05:13.06]But never is a promise and I'll never need a lie