Real Power ( Shayne)

Lyrics

Shayne

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(Chorus 1)

That's real power... destroyin' everything you love (everything)
watchin' angels leave while you swear you ain't enough (ain't enough)
Puff puff passsssss... let the smoke fill the room (fill the room)
cause all I got left are memories of you
And every night I still see them eyes (them eyes)
that smile that used to make me feel alive
Now it only remind me what I threw away (threw away)
and why I hate myself today

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(Verse 1)

I used to think power was fear and control (control)
bein' the toughest soul in the room
Now I know power darker than that (darker than that)
it's destroyin' somethin' you can never get back
I had the woman of my dreams in my hands (my hands)
somehow still found a way to damage it
Every time she tried lovin' me through my pain (through my pain)
I'd find another reason to push away
She stayed through storms most people would've ran from (would've ran)
saw good in me when I couldn't find none
And instead of holdin' her closer to my chest (my chest)
I tested every bit of patience she had left
Now I'm sittin' here alone with regret (regret)
and memories I can't forget

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(Chorus 2)

That's real power... makin' good people leave (leave)
turnin' love into somethin' they can't believe
Puff puff passsssss... stare into the dark (the dark)
with her name still carved inside my heart
And every smile she gave me still remains (still remains)
burnin' circles through my brain
Cause some mistakes don't disappear with time (with time)
they live forever in your mind

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(Verse 2)

I keep seein' her eyes every place I go (everywhere)
hear her laugh when nobody there
The little things hit harder than the big ones now (hit harder)
and I still don't know how
How somebody could love me that damn much (that much)
and I still somehow mess it up
Maybe trauma taught me how to survive (survive)
but never taught me how to keep love alive
Every argument replay in my head (replay)
every cruel thing I wish I never said
Every moment I should've listened instead (instead)
instead of livin' inside my head
Now the silence louder than it's ever been (ever been)
and I got nobody to blame but him

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(Chorus 3)

That's real power... burnin' your own home down (your own home)
then wonderin' why nobody around
Puff puff passsssss... let the ashes fall (ashes fall)
hearin' echoes through these empty halls
And every memory cut a little deeper now (deeper now)
cause I finally understand how
The thing I wanted most slipped through my hands (my hands)
because I couldn't be a better man

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(Verse 3)

I remember the safety I felt in her arms (her arms)
for the first time life wasn't all alarms
For the first time I wasn't runnin' away (runnin')
didn't feel alone every day
She took pieces of me nobody wanted before (before)
and somehow loved me more
Saw the scars, the addiction, the pain (all of it)
and never treated me different
That's why losin' her hurt the way it do (it do)
cause she loved the truth
Not the image, not the mask I wore (the mask)
she loved the soul beneath it all
And somehow that's the thing I couldn't see (couldn't see)
until she became a memory

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(Chorus 4)

That's real power... total and complete destruction (destruction)
turnin' love into self-destruction
Puff puff passsssss... watch the sunrise glow (sunrise)
wishin' I could go back and let her know
That every tear I cry got her name attached (attached)
cause some losses don't come back
And every day without her feels the same (the same)
just another chapter of blame

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(Verse 4)

Now I wake before the whole world rise (world rise)
and stare at pictures through tired eyes
Thinkin' about the future we almost built (almost built)
and drownin' inside guilt
Cause she didn't leave because she stopped carin' (stopped carin')
she left because I stopped repairin'
The damage I carried from all them years (all them years)
turned into her tears
And that's the hardest truth I've ever faced (ever faced)
knowin' I helped drive her away
Not because I didn't love her enough (didn't love her)
but because I never learned how to trust
So if she's happy somewhere far from me (far from me)
I pray that's where she's supposed to be
Even if it leave me here missin' her smile (her smile)
for the rest of my life

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(Outro)

That's real power...

Not money...
Not muscle...
Not fear...

Real power is takin' the best thing that ever happened to you...

And destroyin' it...

Totally...
Completely...

Then spendin' every day after that...

Rememberin' her eyes...
Rememberin' her smile...

And wishin' you would've been better...

Before it was too late...