No, No, You Did Not Know

No, no, you did not know
The real me, not the alter ego
Baby, you came in like a storm
Burned through every wall I built left
Left me in the wreckage I'd become
Buried deep beneath the guilt

No, no, you did not know
What lay below all that show
No, no, you did not know
The things that stay when you let go
No, no, you did not know
What lived below that goddamn glow
No, no, you did not know
How close to gone a heart can go

You called it love I called it trying
You called it fate I called it lying

No, no, you did not know
What lay below all that show
No, no, you did not know
The things that stay when you let go

I swear, I swear you'll never see
Who I am, the real me
The doubt that grows, the void it makes
Where love and regret endlessly debate

I called it love you called it trying
I called it fate you called it lying

No, no, you did not know
What lay below all that show
No, no, you did not know
The things that stay when you let go

No, no, you'll never know it will not show
It lingers in my heart
A regret that tears me apart
No, no, you did not know
The real me, not the alter ego