I've watched people walk away
Time and time again
Any battle not fought
Is one you will never win
Why should I stop them
When they're so dying to leave
And what we had together
I'm the only one to grieve
Was everything just one big lie
Or a means to an end
Was that why I was kept separate
Never meant to actually blend
Were the promises just a way
To get me to drop my guard
How could they do this after they saw
How much my heart was already scarred
The ridicule and judgements
I still hear every word
Ghosts just like their masters
Even if still listening seems absurd
I don't need anyone, anymore
It was a hard lesson but I know it well
You’re the only one you can count on
Doesn't matter the cell
I've heard it all before,
Looked deep into their eyes
Believed every single word
Then watched it changed into lies
For every 'I'm not like them'
There was an action to prove them wrong
For every red flag I looked past
There was an I should have listened all along
Relationship after relationship,
Men and women both the same
Pieces moved like a chess board
With me not realizing it was just a game
Me picking up the pieces
Always alone
Hoping beyond all hope
But in the end I've always known
I'm not that type,
I don't make the grade
But you can't have paradise
Without some shade
Chance after chance
Until my love runs dry
Until it turns into anger
And I become the bad guy
I was fine with my solitude
If it kept me from this pain
Dating in this world
Is enough to drive anyone insane
Yet here I stand, in another relationship
Trying to keep from cursing my name
Again hoping with everything in me
That it doesn't end up being the same
Will I ever be good enough
Will I fall, only to end up in hell
Will I have to learn the lesson again
The one I know so very well
Will I disappear again
Or become someone I hate
Is this how it'll always be
Is this to be my fate
I don't need anything from anyone
Not money, not power, not care
I don't need a shoulder to cry on
Just to find nobody there
I can wipe my own tears
And stand on my own
I've done it before,
And I've done it alone
I won't ask for much
And if it is you can leave,
You'll just be another
That I have to grieve
If you want to know what I want
There's nothing I will say,
I'll let the single tear fall
And just look away
Because I want what no one will give me,
From you, I want it more each day
I want you to do what no one else would
I want you to stay…
