I Will Never Marry You

Verse 1

I never will marry you, no matter how long we stay together

Although neither one of us knows that now

And even if I end up loving you in ways that feel tender and real

I will never trust you enough to share my name

Our fire was instant, reckless, and burning

But shameful in the same breath

You were ready to drop everything that mattered

Without a thought for who you were hurting

You walked away from a husband of fifteen years

And two precious little boys

And you made me feel sorry for you

Like you were the wounded one

I was young, and I believed you

But time will show me the truth

Chorus

I never will marry you

No matter how long we stay

Even if I love you dearly

I won’t give my name away

Because the cost was too high

And the truth was too clear

I never will marry you

Not this year, not any year

Verse 2

You weren’t a victim, you were the one who wounded

Over and over again, the same old play

It was always, always, always about you

And those boys will never recover

From the model of love you handed them

That Mommies leave when the going gets tough

That walking away is easy

That remorse is optional

You called it a fairy tale, a soul‑touched destiny

But it was lust and selfishness

On both our parts

And neither of us could see it then

You convinced me it was sacred

But this was never the kind of love

You build forever on

Chorus

I never will marry you

No matter how long we stay

Even if I love you dearly

I won’t give my name away

Because the cost was too high

And the truth was too clear

I never will marry you

Not this year, not any year

Verse 3

Seven years younger, I gave up my youth

And the dream of a family of my own

You already had yours

And out of selfishness, you denied me mine

I was in too deep before I realized

Everything I had lost

And I take responsibility

But I will always regret

Disappointing my family

And disappointing myself

Adultery is never something to crown

With words like soulmate, fated, sacred

It was a wound we both helped carve

And I stayed out of guilt, pride, inertia

Trying to prove I made the right choice

Even as you showed me again and again

How easily you could hurt others

Bridge

So I won’t stand before God or anyone

And bind my life to yours

Not when trust was broken at the start

Not when the truth keeps echoing

Through every year we share

I can love you

But I cannot marry you

And that is the difference

That will never change

Final Chorus

I never will marry you

No matter how long we stay

Even if I love you dearly

I won’t give my name away

Because the cost was too high

And the truth was too clear

I never will marry you

Not this year, not any year

No matter how long we stay

I never will marry you