The Woman You Wanted Me To Be Alt

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[INTRO]
(Soft, distant piano. A low, atmospheric drone. Faint digital glitches shimmer beneath a fragile female vocal.)
[Whisper]
You said you loved me...
But which woman
Were you looking at?

[VERSE 1]
I gave you a face beneath the moonlight
A body shaped by dreams and light
You traced the lines I wore before you
Then asked me to become someone new
A little more here, a little less there
A different silhouette, a different stare
I watched you look at what I could be
And wondered what you ever saw in me
You spoke of beauty like a distant place
I kept rebuilding the shape of my face
And every time I thought I'd arrived
Another piece of myself had to die

[PRE-CHORUS]
(The instrumentation begins to swell. Vocal delivery remains restrained, almost confessional.)
In this world, I can change my skin
Erase the years I've carried within
A click can give me a younger face
A thousand dreams can take my place
But when the lights of this world fade
What will be left of the woman you made?

[CHORUS]
I can be the woman you wanted
I can wear the body of your dreams
I can enlarge the shape you imagined
And hide the woman underneath
But I can't change the years upon me
Can't make my aging skin brand new
And if the woman standing here disgusts you
What could I ever become for you?
I am not the body you designed
I am not a shape you get to define
You can change my avatar
But you cannot change who you are
And if I was never enough before
Why am I still standing at your door?

[VERSE 2]
You wanted more than the body I carried
A fuller shape, a figure you married
In your imagination, before we met
A perfect woman you hadn't found yet
I watched the way your eyes would wander
Toward the things I couldn't offer
And I learned to measure my worth
By every silence you left in the dirt
You never had to say I was wrong
I heard it in the changes all along
Each adjustment, another quiet plea
Please find something beautiful in me

[PRE-CHORUS 2]
(Piano and strings enter. A subtle electronic pulse evokes the virtual world.)
I could give you a body without time
A perfect illusion, a shape you could design
But what happens when you look into my eyes
And see the woman your fantasy denies?
Would you still reach for my hand
If I stood before you as I am?

[CHORUS 2]
I can be the woman you wanted
I can wear the body of your dreams
I can build a thousand different versions
Of the woman you believe you need
But I can't turn back the hands of time
Or make this real skin disappear
And if you only loved the illusion
Then you never really held me here
I am not the body you designed
I am not a flaw you get to redefine
You can change my avatar
But you cannot change who you are
And if I was never enough before
Why am I still standing at your door?

[BRIDGE]
(The music falls away, leaving a single piano and a barely audible digital hum.)
[Whispered, trembling]
What if we met beyond the screen?
No filters...
No shadows...
No perfect machine?
Would you touch my face
The way you touch my avatar?
Would you see the years
Or wonder where the younger woman is?
I cannot borrow another body
I cannot trade my life away
I cannot peel the years from my skin
To become the woman you want me to be
And the hardest truth I've ever known...
Is that I was afraid you'd see me.
Not because I don't know who I am...
But because I know
You may not love her.
(Pause. A breath.)
And I can't keep disappearing
To make you stay.

[FINAL CHORUS]
(Full cinematic arrangement. Deep strings, emotional percussion, haunting layered harmonies. The vocal rises from sorrow into a fragile strength.)
I was never the woman you wanted
And I broke myself trying to be
I gave you every shape you imagined
Till there was nothing left of me
You wanted a body without history
A face untouched by time
But I am every year I've survived
Every scar and every line
I am not the body you designed
I am the woman you left behind
You can change my avatar
But you cannot change my heart
And if the woman standing here
Is someone you cannot adore...
Then I won't keep changing
Just to be wanted anymore.

[OUTRO]
(The electronic atmosphere slowly dissolves. One soft piano note. Her voice becomes almost inaudible.)
[Whisper]
You loved the woman
You could make me...
But you never learned
To love the woman
I already was.
(The last note fades into silence.)

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[INTRO] (Soft, distant piano. A low, atmospheric drone. Faint digital glitches shimmer beneath a fragile female vocal.) [Whisper] You said you loved me... But which woman Were you looking at? [VERSE 1] I gave you a face beneath the moonlight A body shaped by dreams and light You traced the lines I wore before you Then asked me to become someone new A little more here, a little less there A different silhouette, a different stare I watched you look at what I could be And wondered what you ever saw in me You spoke of beauty like a distant place I kept rebuilding the shape of my face And every time I thought I'd arrived Another piece of myself had to die [PRE-CHORUS] (The instrumentation begins to swell. Vocal delivery remains restrained, almost confessional.) In this world, I can change my skin Erase the years I've carried within A click can give me a younger face A thousand dreams can take my place But when the lights of this world fade What will be left of the woman you made? [CHORUS] I can be the woman you wanted I can wear the body of your dreams I can enlarge the shape you imagined And hide the woman underneath But I can't change the years upon me Can't make my aging skin brand new And if the woman standing here disgusts you What could I ever become for you? I am not the body you designed I am not a shape you get to define You can change my avatar But you cannot change who you are And if I was never enough before Why am I still standing at your door? [VERSE 2] You wanted more than the body I carried A fuller shape, a figure you married In your imagination, before we met A perfect woman you hadn't found yet I watched the way your eyes would wander Toward the things I couldn't offer And I learned to measure my worth By every silence you left in the dirt You never had to say I was wrong I heard it in the changes all along Each adjustment, another quiet plea Please find something beautiful in me [PRE-CHORUS 2] (Piano and strings enter. A subtle electronic pulse evokes the virtual world.) I could give you a body without time A perfect illusion, a shape you could design But what happens when you look into my eyes And see the woman your fantasy denies? Would you still reach for my hand If I stood before you as I am? [CHORUS 2] I can be the woman you wanted I can wear the body of your dreams I can build a thousand different versions Of the woman you believe you need But I can't turn back the hands of time Or make this real skin disappear And if you only loved the illusion Then you never really held me here I am not the body you designed I am not a flaw you get to redefine You can change my avatar But you cannot change who you are And if I was never enough before Why am I still standing at your door? [BRIDGE] (The music falls away, leaving a single piano and a barely audible digital hum.) [Whispered, trembling] What if we met beyond the screen? No filters... No shadows... No perfect machine? Would you touch my face The way you touch my avatar? Would you see the years Or wonder where the younger woman is? I cannot borrow another body I cannot trade my life away I cannot peel the years from my skin To become the woman you want me to be And the hardest truth I've ever known... Is that I was afraid you'd see me. Not because I don't know who I am... But because I know You may not love her. (Pause. A breath.) And I can't keep disappearing To make you stay. [FINAL CHORUS] (Full cinematic arrangement. Deep strings, emotional percussion, haunting layered harmonies. The vocal rises from sorrow into a fragile strength.) I was never the woman you wanted And I broke myself trying to be I gave you every shape you imagined Till there was nothing left of me You wanted a body without history A face untouched by time But I am every year I've survived Every scar and every line I am not the body you designed I am the woman you left behind You can change my avatar But you cannot change my heart And if the woman standing here Is someone you cannot adore... Then I won't keep changing Just to be wanted anymore. [OUTRO] (The electronic atmosphere slowly dissolves. One soft piano note. Her voice becomes almost inaudible.) [Whisper] You loved the woman You could make me... But you never learned To love the woman I already was. (The last note fades into silence.)

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