Understanding all the reasons that you have, for keeping just a step away You'd better start believin' that deceit, it's never gonna pay Understanding that the light of every day holds a different feeling You'd better start believin' that there'll be no more grievin' about it next time round This time you seem so sure Talkin' like I never heard before Oh this time I want to believe in what you say This time I want you to know that if I stay I'm understanding all the reasons that you have, for keeping just this step away But believe me when I tell you that now has to be another way Understanding that the light of every day holds a different feeling You'd better start believin' that there'll be no more grievin' about it next time round This time, so sure Talkin' like you never did before Oh this time I want to believe in what you say This time I want you to know that if I stay Will you listen when I tell you that I'm tired of keeping one more step away? Now the game that we've been playing has been changed, and it's by my rules that we play Not the child that follows blindly in the dark, watching and believing I'm much stronger and I won't be torn apart, fooled by shallow pleading This time You might say that we all need secrets, but I say that you're running away This time You can say that I won't wait forever, but I'm giving you one more day This time You might say that we all need secrets, but I say that you're running away This time You can say that I won't wait forever, but I'm giving you one more day This time You might say that we all need secrets, but I say that you're running away This time You can say that I won't wait forever, but I'm giving you one more day