She started the fight. She didn't know why at the time; but she'd started it. It seemed to go on for hours, until he threatened that she'd never see him again. She couldn't bear losing her brother. Not after everything they'd been through. So she gave up.

Tear up the photographs
But yesterday won't let go
Every day, every day, every minute

As always the fight ended badly; but then he couldn't sleep so they had a heart-to-heart. It wasn't until after he'd gone to bed for good and she was reading that she realized the reason she felt the need to cause a fight: She felt empty.

Here comes the emptiness
Just can't leave lonely alone
Every day, every day, hey hey

She'd felt empty for a long, long time. Her relationships didn't end because she'd sabotaged them; they ended because the other person wanted something she didn't have anymore: Love. Compassion. Understanding.

This second-chancin's really getting me down
You give and taking everything I dreamed about
It's time you let me know, let me know just let go

She's not broken, she's ruined. Just as she'd read in her book series. She has nothing to give. She clings to who she can, but eventually they all leave. They all get busy. They all move on, while she seems to be stuck in the same place. The same way. In her mundane existence.

All I ever wanted, all I ever wanted
Was a simple way to get over you

She stopped living in the past because it was too painful;

All I ever wanted, all I ever wanted
Was an in-between to escape this desperate scene
Where every lie reveals the truth
Baby cause I all ever wanted
All I ever wanted was you

She couldn't live in the now because she was empty and hated herself and everything around her;

I'd rather walk alone
Don't wanna chase you around
Every day, every day, every minute

And she couldn't live in the future because it was always uncertain, and her fate was one she wasn't looking forward to.

I'd fall a thousand times
Before I let you drag me down
Every day, every day, hey hey
Your new beginning was a perfect ending
But I keep feeling
we've already been here before
It's time you let me know, let me know just let go

What had happened to her life?

All I ever wanted, all I ever wanted
Was a simple way to get over you

She lost everything in a matter of a few years.

All I ever wanted, all I ever wanted
Was an in-between to escape this desperate scene
Where every lie reveals the truth
Baby cause I all ever wanted
All I ever wanted was you

The only guy she'd ever loved left her, and he was engaged.

Tell me with so many out there
Why I always turn to you

All because she hadn't realized what she was doing sooner. She hadn't been kinder when she needed to be.

Your goodbyes tear me down every time
And it's so easy to see that the blame is on me

She thought of the life she'd wanted.

All I ever wanted, all I ever wanted
Was a simple way to get over you

There was a time when she imagined it being happy, with the one who she now never heard from.

All I ever wanted, all I ever wanted
Was an in-between to escape this desperate scene

She'd imagined being married;

All I ever wanted, all I ever wanted
Was a simple way to get over you

Living with him; with a baby,

All I ever wanted, all I ever wanted
Was an in-between to escape this desperate scene

Staying home, taking care of the baby and the house while he worked and came home to dinner on the table.

Where every lie reveals the truth
Baby cause I all ever wanted
All I ever wanted was you


But it was all gone now, wasn't it?
Yeah... It was all gone now...
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