you said, this was all that there was and nothing else
you said, nothing would ever change and you never loved me anyway
you said, this wasn’t going to last,
so no matter what I never asked
whether things had changed since the last
time around
you said, this was all a game,
nothing more just the same,
you made it clear that there was more than that here,
when you began calling out my name,
maybe you were just having a bad dream
why is the mountain taller than the valley lows
seems they should be the same, but that’s never the way this goes
why is the man allowed to tend the herd
when all the herd can do is get hurt
so you just lead me where you dare
you said, you’d never fall for a woman just like me
you said, this wasn’t more than a sexual need
you said, yeah you said, only if it was all right with me?
what the hell did you expect me to say?
what the hell did you expect from me anyway?
when in that moment of passion your lips betrayed you
I heard the words but I never returned
figuring it was a mistake, maybe it was yours,
maybe the mistake was mine, we’ll never know
we’ll never get that chance again this time
why is the mountain taller than the valley lows
seems they should be the same, but that’s never the way this goes
why is the man allowed to tend the herd
when all the herd can do is get burnt
so you just lead me where you dare
Written by Barbara Doduk May 12, 1999