I kept waiting for you to change,
Thinking somehow, some way
We could make it work.

But through the help of others
I came to see that I
Have to stand my ground
When it comes to
Respect and plain old decency.

I tried to make it work.
I shut my eyes to
All the lies, all the abuse
You put me through.
I told myself it would
Get better with time.
But honey, you ain't
Worth the sweat
And the tears anymore.

I'm not wrapped around
Your finger like you think I am.
I am breaking free of all this Hell
Because I don't need you to validate me.
I can live without you.
You'll be the one who's sorry,
But I won't care because
You ran out of sorry long ago.
It's too late for us.
I don't have the strength to care.

So it will hurt.
You will be another memory,
Another scar inside of me.
But I can be free.
I don't need you.
I won't need you ever again.

You were not the man I thought I loved.
You sucked me in to your misery,
And I don't need another reason
To lose my mind.
I will heal with time.
I will move on,
But you will still be the same man.
Yet there's nothing I can do.
I've found my wings and I'm ready
To break free from this prison,
This trap you had around me.

How could I have stayed with you
As long as I did?
You never respected me.
I never truly loved you;
I just needed you
Like an alcoholic
Needs that drink.

For everything you did to me,
For everything you are,
You are my yesterday,
And I'm starting over as of today.
You will never hurt me again
Because when tomorrow comes
You will be alone
And I will be free at last.

Nice

Fly honey, fly!

thanks to AngelLight and Gossipmpm ...I am finally free and I've never felt so alive!