you said you would come back to me,
you said you wouldn't leave me here,
i guess i was naive enough to think,
that you wouldn't leave me to fear

these days i reflect on the past
think of how you left me to burn
alone i never thought i'd last
but perhaps you taught me how

dear r now i thank you,
thank you for teaching me,
you snapped me out of my fairy tale
thank you for leaving me

i didn't rise from my ashes,
i never burned
from rose to stone,
this place I earned

those cassette tapes,
that were never played,
i never played them,
because i was afraid

and i felt so small,
you were my shell
you thought i would fall
but your thoughts were false

dear r now i'd like to say,
you made what i am today
And to your dismay,
this version is here to stay

aftermath of betrayal