All This Time

Won't you please tell me just where you're going

I'm on edge with this uncertainty

I know I have made it hard to get to know me

It's terrifying - you may not like what you see

And I know that you would love to break me down

But some things are just too hard to talk about

All this time I've been lyin', been lyin' to you

So afraid that you'd leave me if you knew the truth

All this time I've been tryin' to reach out to you

All this time I've been lyin', where you goin', where you goin'?

Please don't leave, I never meant to hurt you

I'm just locked up in this solitary pain

I learned young that keeping secrets is a virtue

What happened to me - I can't bring myself to say

And I know that if I say it, it is true

And I'm scared that you would leave me if you knew

All this time I've been lyin', been lyin' to you

So afraid that you'd leave me if you knew the truth

All this time I've been tryin' to reach out to you

All this time I've been lyin', where you goin', where you goin'?

As you leave I say a quiet prayer for mercy

One more time, just turn around and look at me

And as I pray, you say you never would desert me

"In fact, come with me - I was just going out for groceries."

And the stars fade out in the sky tonight

And the dawn breaks in and spreads the light