by Laura Lamarca

Created on: September 11, 2008

"The way that you used to."

You touched all the things
that her heart had yearned for years,
picking up her pain
and drying all those tears
and you walked along together
down that path of broken pleas
till she was on her knees, needing you
and she was so naive,
believing you, believing you.

[CHORUS]

But she is just a girl
living in a woman's world
and her pain is just the same

as it aches within her soul.
Circumstances took control
and she feels so all alone
cos you don't love her
the way that you used to.

Once you both shared dreams
till you unpicked the seams
and she's looking so confused,
knowing all she stands to lose,
but you haven't turned away
or walked away from her.
You stay surrounded in her loss
but without your passion's care.

And the talk's now turned to dread
fleeting moments, fraying threads
of what once could've been
And you glance at sorrow's smiles,
linger only for a while
showing hurt she's always seen

Cos your dreamer's world collapsed
and she didn't stand a chance
and hope became a memory
of an ever fading dance
yesterday became her present
signs of songs that didn't last
and attempts to save her story
are now driven in the past

[CHORUS]

But she is just a girl
living in a woman's world
and her pain is just the same
as it aches within her soul.
Circumstances took control
and she feels so all alone
cos you don't love her
the way that you used to.

[BRIDGE]

She didn't need the path
that both hearts forced her to walk,
she didn't need those words-
all that empty-ended talk
and she didn't need more pain
that would live inside her soul
when life lost all control, wanting you
and she was so naive,
believing you, believing you.

[CHORUS]

But she is just a girl
living in a woman's world
and her pain is just the same
as it aches within her soul.
Circumstances took control
and she feels so all alone
cos you don't love her
the way that you used to.

Now she walks this world alone
down that road of shattered dreams
and you can hear the echoes
of her sad and lonely screams
and you recollect those times
when love warmed a dreamer's hands
and you see what you have done
and yet you still don't understand.

And you make such rash excuses
to justify those dying plans,
soothing your own conscience
doing everything you can,
but you ignore her pain
and instil longing all the same
yet you changed the path of fate
now it's too late, it's too late.

[CHORUS]

But she is just a girl
living in a woman's world
and her pain is just the same
as it aches within her soul.
Circumstances took control
and she feels so all alone
cos you don't love her
the way that you used to,
cos you don't love her
the way that you used to,
cos you don't love her
the way that you used to.

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