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Playing with the heart

What I thought was true is now a lie.
What I thought was real is now a fake.
What I felt for you is still the same
as I feel for you now.
Everything that I've said
and felt for you was true.
Never once was any of it a fake.
But, for you this was nothing but, a silly old game.

            ~~~~~~~~

You had played me so well;
you'd must of done it before.
You had left my mind and heart
...

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Made me Believe

Don't know what you said
was true or meaningless,
but as time lingered on,
as we continued to talk,
and as we've gotten to know another.
You had made me believe in me
and had made me believe
that I'm someone special.

You made me believe in something
that I thought was impossible to do.

And for that I am grateful
that our paths had crossed.

Don't know what you said
was true or me...

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