Loved You Once - Clara Mae

I should go out tonight Get on with my life Break these chains of solitude With a little luck and a little help I might even find myself In the arms of someone new 'Cause once you've loved somebody It ain't that easy to do Once you've loved somebody Like I loved you Look what you've gone and done Ruined everything for anyone Who tries to steal this heart away I can't get you off of my mind Try to tell myself a million times A little time is all it takes 'Cause once you've loved somebody It ain't that easy to do Once you've loved somebody Like I loved you I gave you everything That I had to give I don't know if I could go that far again 'Cause once you've loved somebody It ain't that easy to do Once you've loved somebody Like I loved you Oh, once you've loved somebody It ain't that easy to do Once you've loved somebody Like I loved you

I don't remember When I was young I don't recall the day When I first saw the sun But what I am certain What is enough is just to remember That once, once I was loved I still surrender The troubles I know No use pretending All the troubles ain't my own But what I am certain What is enough is just to remember That once, once I was loved After the years gone by What amounts to the years in a life What have we come to When we reach our final days If we can surrender And that is enough Just to remember that once Once we were loved Once we were beautiful Once we were loved If we can surrender And that is enough Just to remember that once Once we were loved

Saw you singing your song the other day It's been a long time since your eyes lit up that way I felt the guilt build up as I looked back how things went wrong Did I have to sweep in and scar you? Five years, we shared the bittersweetness of our youth Then we broke up, because sometimes it is the best thing to do Did it ever cross your mind that maybe you hurt me too? But I'm not taking it against you Since the beginning, I never wanted anything But to see you reach your dreams, I knew that you just wanted me But I had dreams of my own, and I just couldn't let them go So, I apologize for coming into your life Just to break your heart to pieces, and then leave you in the night And I tried my best to stay by your side But who knew the rolling seasons would reveal that sometimes We aren't meant to be the one? So, goodbye to the ones we once loved When things got heavy, and you expected more from me I tried to be there to take away your tears But I didn't notice that I was chipping away At pieces of myself 'til there was nothing left to give I didn't even want to live But I apologize for coming into your life Just to break your heart to pieces, and then leave you in the night And I tried my best to stay by your side But who knew the rolling seasons would reveal that sometimes We aren't meant to be the one? So, goodbye to the ones we once loved I realized it wasn't anyone's fault at all It's just that I wasn't built to build you up when you fall Maybe we were meant to be a lesson to each other But I wish you well, and I'm sorry (I'm sorry) Oh, I apologize for coming into your life Just to break your heart to pieces, and then leave you in the night And I tried my best to stay by your side But who knew the rolling seasons would reveal that sometimes We aren't meant to be the one? So, goodbye to the ones, I wasn't meant to be the one So, goodbye to the one I once loved