Tried To Be Someone Else

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Tried To Be Someone Else

I tried to be someone else
Someone that wasn't me
I reached inside and
Tore myself to pieces
All trying to please you
Nothing could appease you

You didn't like who I was
Tore me down
Broke me in so many pieces
Let me know I wasn't good enough
I was flawed
That you couldn't do it any more

You left me there bleeding
Feeling so worthless
Feeling so alone
It took me some time
But I got to my knees
Then stood on my feet again

I couldn't be something I'm not
I couldn't be everything you wanted
And you used that as an excuse
When she came back into your life
Put all of the blame on me
And once I believed it

I put the pieces I could find
Back together as best I could
I started to move forward
I started to heal
Then you did it again
Made me cry

I sit here tonight
Replaying your words and wonder
What you hope to prove now
Now that I'm no longer
Waiting by the phone
Hanging on you every word

Now I'm wiping away my tears
Trying to gain my focus again
You still find ways to get to me
But not like before
You destroyed that loyal heart
Threw it away for her

I am who I am
Working on the real me
Being with people who are true
Who love me for everything I am
And for the things that I am not

They tell me the hurt will fade
The tears will dry
The heart will heal
I'm no longer in your shadow
I'm turning back to the moonlight
This is who I really am


~Muse
4/10/08