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The Woman I Forgot to Know

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[Verse 1] Mama said, "Be sweet as spring rain," Give your heart, ease their pain. I wore kindness like a crown, But it weighed me, it pulled me down. [Prechorus] Every smile, every yes, Left me holding my own emptiness. [Chorus] The woman I forgot to know, She whispered soft, "Don't let me go." I gave my all, but now I see, I owe the best of me... to me. [Verse 2] Promises broke like brittle glass, Dreams dissolved, they didn’t last. I lit their nights, burned my own day, My own voice lost along the way. [Prechorus] Every "sure," every "fine," Was a lie to this heart of mine. [Chorus] The woman I forgot to know, She whispered soft, "Don't let me go." I gave my all, but now I see, I owe the best of me... to me.