The Hardest Lesson Learned

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I took your advice
Went out on my own
To try to find someone
Who could make me feel more whole than you could
It didn't work
In fact, it felt better with you
Even at our worst

To do it over and unlearn

I've had enough to be honest
Don't want a big magic moment
No making out in the rain
I'll skip the fairy-tale ending
The dreamy nights and hand holding
I've done all of it before
Now all of it is a bore

You thought it'd be better to just walk away
I pleaded and argued
"There's gotta be another way"
But you won like you always do
Except this time it meant no more you

Said, "Find someone new"
But it's not that easy because you're the only you

I've had enough to be honest
Don't want a big magic moment
No making out in the rain
I'll skip the fairy-tale ending and pillow talk in the morning
I've done all of it before
Now all of it is a bore

I'm only pointed in your direction
You'll soon replace me with somebody else
You deleted me from existence
Wiped every trace of me from your heart

But I'm the only me
And you're the only you
I'm still the only me
You're still the only you

Nothing turned out as promised
So now I seek something karmic
A flicker, a passing wave
I'd rather go down a martyr than relive my greatest blunder
To let love in then get burned
The hardest lesson learned

The hardest lesson learned
To let love in then get burned
The hardest lesson learned

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released March 1, 2024

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