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I made a promise
I made a promise
Too easy to make
Too easy to make
You didn't raise your voice
You didn't raise your voice
When I let it break
When I broke that promise
You only said
You only said
Don't promise
Don't promise
What you can't keep
What you can't keep
No fight
No fight
No place to hide
No place to hide
I had nothing to say
I had nothing to say
Nothing I could defend
There was nothing I could defend
No excuse could make
No excuse could make
My word whole again
My word whole again
I had nothing to say
I had nothing to say
So I gave you one word
So I gave you one word
Okay
Okay
And heard
And heard
What my promise was worth
What my promise was really worth
Now I wait
Now I wait
Before I say yes
Before I say yes
Because somebody else
Because somebody else
Has to live inside it
Has to live inside it
Words leave your mouth
Words leave your mouth
Then belong to someone else
Then become someone else’s
I had nothing to say
I had nothing to say
Nothing I could defend
Nothing I could defend
No excuse could make
No excuse could make
My word whole again
My word whole again
I had nothing to say
I had nothing to say
So I gave you one word
So I gave you one word
Okay
Okay
And heard what
And heard what
My promise was worth
My promise was worth
The hardest part
The hardest part
Wasn't what you said
Wasn't what you said
It was seeing myself
It was seeing myself
Inside it
Inside it
I have something to say now
I have something to say now
Only when I know
Only when I know
If I give you my word
If I give you my word
I want my actions to show
I want my actions to show
I had nothing to say
I had nothing to say
That day taught me why
That day taught me why
A promise gets smaller
A promise gets smaller
Every time it doesn't survive
Every time it doesn't survive
Okay
Okay
Okay
Okay
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