Hoping something will be clearer 

But it's not, no it's not

My heart is willing 

But the fear inside me is killing 

All I've got, it's all I've got

Promises are broken 

Words are left unspoken

My trust is like a castle in the sand

I'm trying to understand it all



Don't ask, don't tell

Don't ask, don't tell

Don't ask, don't tell

Just hide



Back to the beginning 

Am I losing am I winning 

In this game, it's all a game

Chances that I'm taking 

And the choices that I'm making 

Are the same, they're all the same

Promises keep broken 

Words are left unspoken

My trust is like a castle in the sand

I'm trying to understand it all



Don't ask, don't tell

Don't ask, don't tell

Don't ask, don't tell

Just hide



Honesty unwanted 

Leaves me cold and now I'm haunted 

By the part of me that's left in the unknown

I'm running from the violence 

To the secret and the silence

My quiet desperation finds a home 

Why must I hide?

My fear now has become my prison cell



Don't ask, don't tell



Don't ask, don't tell

Don't ask, don't tell

Don't ask, don't tell

Just hide

Just hide

Just hide

For a while



I won't lie no more



Don't ask, don't tell

Don't ask, don't tell

Don't ask, don't tell

Just lie