Lyrics

Loving, lying enemy
I have seen your face before
Never thought again I’d see
Didn’t want to anymore
I remember your loving eyes
And the moonlit kiss
The evening lullabies I would truly miss
Through the years we’d had it all
The midnight whispers, the midday calls
This house of cards it had to fall

You ask for forgiveness, you’re asking too much
I have sheltered my heart in a place you can’t touch
I don’t believe when you tell me your love is real
‘Cause you don’t know much about heaven boy if you have to hurt to feel

Now every time I see you I can’t help but look away
All along I had believed everything you’d say
When I look now I know I’ve seen your face before
I don’t want your deceiving smile standing at my door
I don’t care what people say
I’m ready now to face this day
I have lost you along the way

And you ask for forgiveness
You’re asking too much
I have sheltered my heart in a place you can’t touch
I don’t believe when you tell me your love is real
‘Cause you don’t know much about heaven boy if you have to hurt to feel

‘Cause you don’t know much about heaven boy to ask for forgiveness
You’re asking too much
I have sheltered my heart in a place you can’t touch
I don’t believe when you tell me your love it real
‘Cause you don’t know much about heaven boy if you have to hurt to feel

 

Appears on

Laws Of Illusion (2010)
The Essential Sarah McLachlan (2013)

Forgiveness (single)

 

Versions

Album Version
from “Laws Of Illusion”
Track length: 3:49

 

Compilations

Credits

Vocals, Piano: Sarah McLachlan
Drums, Percussion: Robbie Kuster
Acoustic and Electric Guitars: Luke Doucet
Acoustic and Electric Guitars: Colin Cripps
Bass: J F Lemieux

 

Collaborations

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Trivia/Notes

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Sarah says

“Of course, everybody wants me to talk about (that song) because they assume it’s about my ex-husband. I suppose it partially is, but it’s more about that feeling of finding yourself on the edge where you just can’t take any more. It’s no longer good for you. You’ve known it for a long time, but you’ve had a really hard time letting go.”
– article on Austin360.com

 

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