I have a tale to tell Sometimes it gets so hard to hide it well I was not ready for the fall Too blind to see the writing on the wall A man can tell a thousand lies I've learned my lesson well Hope I live to tell the secret I have learned Till then it will burn inside of me The truth is never far behind You kept it hidden well Hope I live to tell the secret I knew then Will I ever have the chance again? I know where beauty lives I've seen it once I know the love she gives Love like that you could never see It shines inside you can't take that from me A man can tell a thousand lies I've learned my lesson well Hope I live to tell the secret I have learned Till then it will burn inside of me If I ran away I'd never have the strength to go very far How will they hear the beating of my heart? Will it grow cold, the secret that I hide, will I grow old? How will they hear, how will they learn, how will they know? A man can tell a thousand lies I've learned my lesson well Hope I live to tell the secret I have learned Till then it will burn inside of me The truth is never far behind You've kept it hidden well Hope I live to tell the secret I knew then Will I ever have the chance again?