Funny how the story changes When the one who stayed is gone Now you're preaching understanding Like you practiced it all along You had the patience, had the time Had someone standing by your side I gave you warmth without a price You took it like a fact of life You loved the comfort, loved the calm The steady presence of my arms But every time I reached for more You left me waiting at the door You never asked what made me laugh What kept me up, what shaped my past You knew the things that I could give But not the man who had to live And now you speak of disappointment Like you played no part at all You never saw the distance growing Till I stopped returning calls You never got to know me You only knew I'd stay You loved the warmth I gave you Then watched it fade away Now you're crying that I missed you That I never understood But you never crossed the distance Even when you knew you could You never got to know me You only knew what I would do You say I never saw the real you But I was never seen by you You made a virtue out of silence Called your distance self respect Kept your hands clean of commitment Then complained about neglect You could talk about compassion Make it sound like sacred truth But the kindness you demanded Was the kindness you refused I was generous with forgiveness You were careless with my trust And you thought that being wanted Meant I'd never have enough Till the day I stopped explaining Stopped defending what I'd done You mistook my quiet exit For a game you'd somehow won Now you're looking for a reason Something easy to condemn But the story sounds much cleaner When the fault belongs to him You never got to know me You only knew I'd stay You loved the warmth I gave you Then watched it fade away Now you're crying that I missed you That I never understood But you never crossed the distance Even when you knew you could You never got to know me You only knew what I would do You say I never saw the real you But I was never seen by you You say people disappoint you When they aren't who you believed But you never cared to learn me Only what you could receive You built a man from your assumptions Then accused him of disguise Never questioned your conclusions Never looked him in the eyes I was there beyond the surface More than comfort, more than care You could've known the whole damn person But you liked me better there Close enough to keep you sheltered Far enough to leave you free Now you call yourself abandoned By the man you wouldn't see You had a thousand opportunities Not a single one was owed I gave you room to walk beside me You preferred a one way road And now the warmth has disappeared The room is colder than before You can tell yourself I changed But you were standing at the door You didn't lose an illusion You lost something you could touch And the saddest part about it? You never thought it was that much Don't tell me I didn't know you I was trying You were comfortable being wanted You were comfortable being admired You were comfortable receiving But knowing somebody? That takes an interest In someone other than yourself You never got to know me You only knew I'd stay You loved the warmth I gave you Till I took that warmth away Now you're crying disappointment Like the ending came from me But you built the very distance That finally set me free You never got to know me And that's the truth you can't undo You say nobody understood you But I was never known by you Go on, tell them your version Tell them how I walked away Leave out every open doorway Leave out everything I gave You wanted someone who would stay Without asking to be seen You never got to know me You only knew What I could be For you Santi Flores
