Devotion

"If you truly didn't care, you wouldn't be crying about it."

That's what everyone tells me.
And they're right;
I do care.
I care about you,

Even though I shouldn't anymore..
Even though I don't want to anymore...

You've lied to me,
You've hurt me,
You've undervalued me,
You've broken all those promises you made me:

"I'll never leave you."
"I won't hurt you like she did."
"I need you."
"I love you."

But you know,
Talk is cheap,
And I've spent all my money on gasoline
Driving a hundred and forty miles every other weekend
Just to see you.

People have come and gone with the wind
That blows ever stronger through my life.
And I'm not the leaving type,
But I thought you were different…

You were different, once.

And today I said goodbye
To the you I don't know anymore.
But tomorrow,
When you come to me with promises of change
And oaths of love,

I will return to you
Like the faithful dog that I am,
Ever-watching,
Ever-waiting,
For you, my master, to come home.

For you, my love, to come home..

All the while knowing in my heart
That nothing will ever change,
And this devotion I give to you

Means nothing.