how can i be sure
that you won't walk away
angel of deception
let me live this way
how can i be sure
the safety of your arms
doesn't suffocate me
for all that they do harm
how can i be sure

don't give out on me
my hope
my apathy
you know
it ain't easy
maintaining my belief
that we are free

i'll stay with the familiar
hackneyed alibi
that i don't know better
than to live within the lie