The air that you breathe it must be poisoned   And you're dressed up in your best disguise   And I don't want to hear what you have to say   It's there in your eyes when you look away   These beautiful words are turning into lies      Chorus:   How can you say that to me      The light that still shines is just an illusion   It's just a memory from a burned out star   Its promise has come from so far away   It's fighting through sadness and years of decay   And it's a wonder it ever made it this far      (Chorus)      After all of those secrets you let me believe   There's no rose petal air, there's just thorns when I breathe   Oh now how can you say that      It's not this silence that screams in my mind   Each day I feel like I'm falling behind   Living in shadows, still getting burned   When will I ever learn      (Chorus)      After all those secrets you let me believe   There's no rose petal air, there's just thorns when I breathe   How can you say that to me