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i did not make you any promises.
i did not offer you a thing.

i never asked you to be there.
i did not ask for you to care.
you brought it all - it was your own -
your words. your safety. yours alone.

i did not make you any promises.
i did not offer you a thing.

i never asked for anything.
i do not want what you will bring.
barren, senseless, empty words
are all you said, are all i heard.

i did not make you any promises.
i did not offer you a thing.

you tell me now i owe you one.
i tell you now - it's over. done.
you saw what you desired to see.
but what you saw, it was not me.

i did not make you any promises.
i did not offer you a thing.