You made a promise to me
that we wouldn’t lose touch
I’d get to keep seeing her
and watch her grow up
What did that promise mean?
Word given in my mom’s memory
Guess it didn’t mean as much
to you as it did to me
Figures, that’s a running theme
I always care more than others
Words and moments, places and people
they all have meaning to me
but apparently not to others
A hard lesson to learn
especially over and over
as you think you’ve found someone
that might actually share your view
only to discover
you’ve lied to yourself again
So tell me this
will you honor her in the end?
Will you keep that promise?
Or is that just a fantasy,
me caught dreaming once again
of the way things ought to be
and not the way they are…