Dar Williams - I Never Knew lyrics

[Verse 1] Love was like a stranger I felt lucky just to let inside I said "Oh love, now tell me what I'll have to change And what I'll have to hide for love" Always shifting into something else I thought that was the price Tell me what I'll have to sacrifice And I will lay it down, I will lay it down [Chorus] I never knew love would tell me I was worth the fight I never knew love could hear the wrong and see the right I never knew I could tell the truth thе whole thing I look up and you're still listening 'Causе I never knew [Verse 2] Love was like a pilot sped me through the clouds to Mandalay I said "Oh love, I thought we'd rest a while But now I see we're going to stay right here" And I said it's for the best, I'm sure I had no better plans Ask me what it is that I'm still holding in my hands And I will lay it down, I will lay it down [Chorus] I never knew love could ask what I was searching for I never knew love would walk beside me through the door Never knew it would open up the atlas for me Hold the map to find my story 'Cause I never knew [Bridge] I thought love was hoping that you had enough To give to someone else No one ever told me I should lift my hand And ask for love myself But it wasn't a surprise to know I told myself a pack of lies [Chorus] Whenever I'd rush to answer every beck and call I knew in my heart that wasn't really love at all You might go and the sky will fall, the oceans grieve The earth will shake I'll still believe in love I just never knew