Present Tense

How can I trust you
when you've betrayed me once before?
You told me that you loved me,
now that I'm not so sure.

How can I forget
about the girl that wasn't me?
It's so hard to picture,
so blury I can't see.

How can I forgive
the man that broke my heart?
When will this pain end?
When will the healing start?

How can i begin again,
knowing the infidelity is there?
Trying to forget,
even more not to care.

How can I let go
of my one and only love?
You played a gift from heaven,
frmo the skies above.

How can I put hatred
in place of loving you?
I'll never know how to feel
never what to do.

How can I live without
your soft and gentle touch?
The magic when I saw you,
which really wasn't much.

I'm going to look ahead
instead of in the past,
forget about before
and make this whole thing last.