Never Is A Promise
Fiona AppleVersion1
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You'll never see the courage I know
Its colors' richness won't appear within your view
I'll never glow - the way that you glow
Your presence dominates the judgments made on you
But as the scenery grows, I see in different lights
The shades and shadows undulate in my perception
My feelings swell and stretch; I see from greater heights
I understand what I am still too proud to mention - to you
You'll say you understand, but you don't understand
You'll say you'd never give up seeing eye to eye
But never is a promise, and you can't afford to lie
You'll never touch - these things that I hold
The skin of my emotions lies beneath my own
You'll never feel the heat of this soul
My fever burns me deeper than I've ever shown - to you
You'll say, Don't fear your dreams, it's easier than it seems
You'll say you'd never let me fall from hopes so high
But never is a promise, and you can't afford to lie
You'll never live the life that I live
I'll never live the life that wakes me in the night
You'll never hear the message I give
You'll say it looks as though I might give up this fight
But as the scenery grows, I see in different lights
The shades and shadows undulate in my perception
My feelings swell and stretch; I see from greater heights
I realize what I am now too smart to mention - to you
You'll say you understand, you'll never understand
I'll say I'll never wake up knowing how or why
I don't know what to believe in, you don't know who I am
You'll say I need appeasing when I start to cry
But never is a pro - mise and I'll never need a lie
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Readable chord sheet for Never Is A Promise by Fiona Apple
[Am] [G] [F] [C] [Gm] [F] [C] [Am] [G] [F] [C] [Gm] [F] [C] [Gm]You'll never see[F] the courag[Gm]e I know [F] [Gm]Its colors' [F]richness won't appear [Gm]within your view [F] [E]I'll never gl[Dm]ow - th[E]e way that you glo[Dm]w [Gm] [F] [E] [Dm]Your presence dominates the judgments made on you [Am]But as the sce[G]nery grows, I see in differ[F]ent light[C]s [Am]The shades and shadows [G]undulate in m[F]y perception [C] [Am]My feelings swe[G]ll and stretch; I see from [F]greater heights [C] [F]I understand what I am still t[Dm]oo proud to mention - to yo[Am]u [C] [C]You'll say you unders[F]tand, but you don'[Am]t understand [G] [C]You'll say you'd never g[F]ive up seeing eye to [Am]eye [G] [F]But never is a promis[Am]e, and you can't afford t[G]o lie [Am] [Em] [G] [F] [C] [Gm] [F] [C] [Am] [G] [F] [C] [F] [C] [Gm]You'll never tou[F]ch - these[Gm] things that I hold [F] [Gm]The skin of my[F] emotions lies benea[Gm]th my own [F] [E]You'll never feel [Dm]the [E]heat of this so[Dm]ul [F]My fever burns me deeper than I've[Dm] ever shown - to yo[C]u [C]You'll say, Don't fear y[F]our dreams, it's easier tha[Am]n it seems [G] [C]You'll say you'd never l[F]et me fall from hop[Am]es so high [G] [F]But never is a promis[Am]e, and you can't afford t[G]o lie [Am] [G] [F] [C] [Gm] [F] [C] [Am] [G] [F] [C] [Gm] [F] [C] [Gm]You'll never liv[F]e the life[Gm] that I liv[F]e [Gm]I'll never[F] live the life that wake[Gm]s me in the night [F] [E]You'll never hear [Dm]the messag[E]e I give [Dm] [F] [Dm] [C] You'll say it looks as though I might give up this fight [Am]But as the sce[G]nery grows, I see in differ[F]ent lights [C] [Am]The shades and shadows [G]undulate in m[F]y perception [C] [Am]My feelings swe[G]ll and stretch; I see from [F]greater heights [C] [F]I realize what I am now too [Dm]smart to mention - to yo[C]u [C]You'll say you un[F]derstand, you'll ne[Am]ver understand [G] [C]I'll say I'll never wak[F]e up knowing [Am]how or why [G] [C]I don't know what [F]to believe in, you don't kno[Am]w who I am [G] [C]You'll say I ne[F]ed appeasing when I start[Am] to cry [G] [F] [Am] [G] [F] [G] [Am] [G] [F] B[C]ut [Am]never is a pro - mise and I'll never need a lie