In case Single Ladies by Beyoncè isn't your favorite anthem for that time you almost proposed to the wrong person, here's an alternative for you. After a breakup from a long term relationship, the lyrics to this one came pretty easy. How nice would it be if love where simple? How nice if it was always a joy to make life flex around what your heart desired at the time? Without a doubt, it takes breakups... those wrecking balls... those compromises and sacrifices to make us see the depth and power of true love. It will feel at times that the fare for the ticket down this love-searching path, wasn't fair at all. And some times, it legitimately isn't fair that people get away with hate-crimes in the name of their broken heart, but we mean it when we say it: just know where you stand. Be kind. Don't lie. Don't steal. Be an adult and move on with your life with grace and respect.
THE FARE
I take it all back.
I don't want to live like that
With a diamond on your hand.
'Cause promises
And all those burning bridges
Are more-than riddled with chance.
No, the sigh of the gravel never pity'd that fall.
And the fare for the ticket isn't fair at all.
They're just tokens of the ruin that
That wrecking ball left you.
I envy how you smoke
The way that you can let it go
Once it was a part of you.
I think of the words, but choke
Too terrified to hope
When I know I've got no reason to.
No, the sigh of the gravel never pity'd that fall.
And the fare for the ticket isn't fair at all
They're just tokens of the ruin that
That wrecking ball left you.
No don't forget: it's all been done before.
Don't all those excuses suddenly feel so poor?
Take it lite on your pride
That the light in the dark
Never was the shore
Sent to guide you
I take it all back.
No, I don't want to love like that.
Go out and get it if you can.
But heed this advice:
There's compromise and there's sacrifice,
Just know where you stand.
'Cause, the sigh of the gravel never pity'd that fall.
And the fare for the ticket isn't fair at all.
They're just tokens of the ruin that
That wrecking ball left you.