Things Aren't Always What They Seem

I used to move in places with ease

I was wide open then

My default was set to believe

Everyone was a friend

Must have been so easy to lie

To someone so naive

I'd replay your voice in my head

I remember a time you said you'd always be there

I took for granted that you would always tell me the truth

I didn't want to find out the hard way

Things aren't always what they seem

There's such a risk in love

To keep your heart open is no small thing

I was smiling while I was on fire

No one else could see the flames

Every breath was shallow and hard

No relief from the pain

Upside down and out of my mind

And no words could explain

But something in me held on to this

I remembered a time you said you'd always be there

I wanted to know that you could still remember the truth

I had to find out again the hard way

Things aren't always what they seem

Wisdom it comes so hard

And love won't mean what you think it means at the start

Well if disorder comes before reorder

I've been pushed to the brink and the border

Tell me that it's just around the corner

Love won't mean what you think it means at the start

Things aren't always what they seem

There's such a risk in love

To keep your heart open is no small thing

Now I'm asking myself what did I learn

What to take in and what to let burn

I tried to fix it, I took it too far

There's such a risk in dropping your guard

Take them both with me

Serpent and dove

Knowledge and innocence

Wisdom and love

That I'd come out stronger

I couldn't believe

But things aren't always what they seem