What Could Have Been
Heartbreak Symphony: Unveiling the Painful Echoes of What Could Have Been
Lyrics
I am the monster you created
I acknowledge that I embody the negative image or behavior you shaped.
You ripped out all my parts
You removed essential aspects of me, causing emotional or physical damage.
And worst of all, for me to live
It's particularly challenging for me to survive because I have to eliminate the part of myself that was optimistic.
I gotta kill the part of me that saw
I must suppress the part of me that realized I depended on you more than I thought.
That I needed you more
I recognized my need for you, and now I have to confront the pain of that realization.
I hope you know we had everything
I want you to be aware that we once had a complete and fulfilling relationship.
When you broke me and left these pieces
After you shattered me, I'm left with broken pieces of myself.
I want you to hurt like you hurt me today and
I desire for you to experience the pain you caused me today.
I want you to lose like I lose
I want you to face defeat, just as I did.
When I play what could have been
Expressing the emotional struggle of imagining alternate, positive outcomes.
Oh, what could have been
Reflecting on the missed opportunities and unrealized potential.
Why don't you love who I am?
Questioning why the person doesn't appreciate or love the true self.
What we could have been
Contemplating the possibilities of what the relationship could have become.
I am your ghost, a fallen angel
Identifying as a lingering presence, a fallen angel, with significant parts missing.
You ripped out all my parts
Reiteration of the harm caused by removing essential aspects of oneself.
I couldn't care what invention you made me
Expressing indifference to any attempts to recreate or redefine the speaker.
'Cause I, I was meant to be yours
Asserting a sense of destiny, indicating that the speaker was meant to belong to the person.
I hope you know we had everything
Reiterating the idea that the relationship was once complete and fulfilling.
When you broke me and left these pieces
After the emotional damage, the speaker is left with shattered pieces.
I want you to hurt like you hurt me today and
Expressing the desire for the person to feel the pain inflicted today.
I want you to lose like I lose when I play
Wishing for the person to experience defeat, mirroring the speaker's own losses.
I want you to hurt like you hurt me today and
Reiteration of the desire for the person to feel the pain caused today.
I want you to lose like I lose when I play
Repeating the wish for the person to face defeat in a parallel manner.
What could have been
Closing with a reflection on the lost possibilities and unrealized potential of the relationship.
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