The One Who Got Away
by @scubed
Challenge: Idiom
Lyrics
The One Who Got Away
©️2024 - words and music by Sharon Stepler
Nostalgia is overrated
Jagged edges understated
Water-color washes, unfocused lens
Watch your step on Memory Lane
Gaslights are on again
You can't tell what's golden and what's dust on the wind
ch
That was yesterday
You're the one who got away
So they say
They all say
Hip-hip-hooray
For the one who got away
It's okay
You're okay
You're hearing pretty lies
Excuses and alibis
History rewritten, no one you can trust
Remember how your heart
Shattered and fell apart
And your sweet illusions crumbled into dust
ch
Mirror, mirror on the wall
I hope you're listening
Are you listening at all?
ch
Comments
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@mandolinda
Great guitar picking, i am in need of a lot of practice to even come close to playing the first lick. Love the storytelling. Nice listen.
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I like the way this hovers on the edge of absolute believability with a whisper of possibility that this is instead the certain-sounding inner voice justifying running away, outlawing living in relationship because it’s too painful. Like the internal monologue of avoidant attachment. Lovely singing and a great lyric. And I like the way the guitar makes it feel like a road song.
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Beautiful heartfelt lyrics and music. Sincere and truthful.
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great opening line, in fact a really fine lyric all through. lovely flow lyrically and in delivery
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This is awesome Sharon! I'm behind on comments, but I have to say that I love these lyrics and your performance!
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