❝ 𝙛𝙖𝙙𝙚𝙙 𝙙𝙖𝙮𝙙𝙧𝙚𝙖𝙢𝙨 𝙨𝙝𝙤𝙬𝙚𝙙 𝙢𝙚 𝙖 𝙡𝙤𝙫𝙚 𝙡𝙞𝙠𝙚 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙩, 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙛𝙖𝙙𝙚𝙙 𝙙𝙖𝙮𝙙𝙧𝙚𝙖𝙢𝙨 𝙗𝙧𝙤𝙪𝙜𝙝𝙩 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙗𝙖𝙘𝙠 ❞
hi, it's me clara again and this time around i've decided to head forwards a new route in my songw...
fun fact: i wrote this, initially inspired by the fact that i couldn't find any view of the moon tonight and haven't been able to in a long time
extra info: it starts off as a ballad with the intro but progresses into a more upbeat beat by the 1st verse. kind of like happier than ever by billie eilish, what you waiting for by gwen stefani and vampire by olivia rodrigo (??)
(PIANO) INTRO:
I can't see the moon
From my window view
And maybe that's a sign
That even with all my might
The love I thought we had was fictionalized
And embedded only in my mind
< UP BEAT INSTRUMENTAL PROGRESSION/INTERLUDE >
1ST VERSE:
And that one dream
In which I held you close to me
And rested my head on your shoulder
We ended up together once we're older
And you sent me love letters
You were quite the Heather
Except in reality, we'll never be together
PRE-CHORUS:
Now, your loving wasn't meant for me
In a few years, he'll get down on one knee
And you'll accept his ring
And I'll secretly be wishing you wished he was me
CHORUS:
What could've been, but never was
You never knew how I was so in love
For 6 months, I thought you were the one
But I've given up and moved on
What could've been, but never was
2ND VERSE:
I called you my everything in May
God, I was so naive to partake
In the belief that a love like that could occur to me
Sometimes you made it seem
Like you were falling for me
What was I supposed to think?
And honestly, all those songs I wrote, I'm so sorry
I'm just a dirtbag of a teen
And you're 2 years older than me
You've presumed responsibility, I don't
Maybe that's why I can't let this love go
PRE-CHORUS:
Now, your loving wasn't meant for me
In a few years, he'll make a good spouse
He'll have your everything
I'll have to live without
CHORUS:
What could've been, but never was
You never knew how I was so in love
For 6 months, I thought you were the one
But I've given up and moved on
BRIDGE:
Our story was supposed to be the greatest of all-time
It wasn't supposed to feel like a crime
I guess that's not what fate had in mind
Sure, we're soulmates
But not the kind you marry
Not the kind in which I gaze in your eyes
And call you mine
Oh, what if that's all I wanted in life?
What I once wished for all the time
But now I gotta leave that perfect fantasy behind
CHORUS:
What could've been, but never was
You never knew how I was so in love
For 6 months, I thought you were the one
But I've given up and moved on
PIANO OUTRO:
I can't see the moon
From my window view
Yet I've got our plain sight memorized
Maybe that's a sign
That with all my might
I leave this perfect fantasy behind
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this is by far yet one of my favorite songs i've ever written! it's so honest and i just poured it all out eventhough i'm over it. the lyrics may be surprising and i'm sorry about that. it's different now, i'm not naive like that or whatever was going on in may apparently. point is it's in the past so whatever.
i really like this one! oh...i said that already. i just love the piano intro and outro, and how in the intro it's realizing how the fantasizing is how it initially went wrong, then by the outro you know it's time to let it go. stan the growth ✨ i just wrote free therapy for you.
i just feel like there's so many hidden references and significant meanings between every lyric and idk which ones to go over. not too many, but still...
