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Always Trusted You

I was higher than the swingset in the playground near our house
went further up that tree than I'd ever gone before
I scaled these heights myself 'bout five feet off the ground
and you were there to make me feel secure
you'd save me from my fall, from spiders, nightmares and the flu
and I always trusted you

The boy I had to wrestle was much taller than myself
but Dad told me what I was s'posed to do
he told me I was strong and he told me I was fast
the truth is I was twelve in 1982
I wasn't sure I'd pull it of but I looked into your eyes and then I knew
cause I always trusted you

Then there was screaming, there was fighting, there was talk of a divorce
and Daddy left when I never thought he would
you said it wasn't your fault, I thought maybe it was mine
it took me years till I finally understood
I found bottles in my closet, looked into your eyes and then I knew

You said you'd never let me down, you said you'd never lie
You said you'd never let me down, you said you'd never lie
Swore you'd never let me down, you swore you'd never lie
but you let me down and lied

Now you're lying in that clinic bed, weak at 55
no one there to tell me what to do
you had cancer, you had chemo, then you had a stroke
and I ask you “Mama, will you say that you'll pull through“
well, you barely shake your head but I look into your eyes and see the truth
I still trust in you
like I always trusted you
always trusted you

Words & music by Markus Rill

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from Everything We Wanted, released February 15, 2022
Words & music by Markus Rill

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