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What Could Have Been

Colm R. McGuinness
Dec. 9, 20211 viewer

What Could Have Been Lyrics

[Verse 1]
I am the monster you created
You ripped out all my parts
And worst of all, for me to live, I gotta kill the part of me that saw
That I needed you more

[Chorus]
I hope you know we had everything
But you broke me and left these pieces
I want you to hurt like you hurt me today and
I want you to lose like I lose when I play
What could have been
Oh, what could have been

[Bridge]
Why don't you love who I am?
What we could have been

[Verse 2]
I am your ghost, a fallen angel
You ripped out all my parts
I couldn't care what invention you made me
'Cause I, I was meant to be yours

[Violin Solo]
[Chorus]
I hope you know we had everything
When you broke me and left these pieces
I want you to hurt like you hurt me today and
I want you to lose like I lose when I play

[Outro]
I want you to hurt like you hurt me today and
I want you to lose like I lose when I play
What could have been

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December 9, 2021
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