I Was Lying

Your face is plastered to the inside of my eyelids,
And your voice, it relentlessly haunts my ears.
This heartache - I wish I could just call it quits.
But secretly, oh so quietly, I've been in love for years.

And when you had problems, I listened
And when you needed help, I was there
And some nights in my eyes, tears glistened
While I lied in the dark wishing you were here

I guess you never noticed, or else never really cared,
That I was always in the background wanting, oh so badly,
To be the one with which kisses and memories were shared.
Hoping and dying for you to notice - to no avail, sadly.

And while you were with her, I was dying
And when she broke you, I was there to fall to
And when you were here, I was lying
Whispering it would be okay and trying to save you.