A song I wrote back in 2022, when I got my heart broken and, somehow, that wasn't enough.

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LYRICS:
Still can't remember the reason you gave me
the last time we said goodbye
It was something along the lines of “I know you'll regret me”
and trust me, I've tried
 
I’m all sleepless nights and a one-track mind
when it’s warm out, I’m cold to the touch
Just pick up the phone, let me be the one
to decide when I've heard enough
 
Break my heart one last time
say you don't wanna try
Tell me you forgot me,
then come back and haunt me
show me why we only got this far

Break my heart one last time
I can't make up my mind
So I will let you choose,
no matter what, I lose
but you know you owe me the last goodbye
 
Now suddenly you're ready to grow
but you don't wanna bring me along
And I can throw away all of the pictures
but what about the frames lining my wall?
 
You left in the dark, right before the dawn
it was just a matter of time
But we can build a house from the shattered glass
let the sun through, it’ll never set on us

Break my heart one last time
say you don't wanna try
Tell me you forgot me,
then come back and haunt me
show me why we only got this far
 
Break my heart one last time
I can't make up my mind
So I will let you choose,
no matter what, I lose
but you know you owe me the last goodbye

And if we're not for each other and I shouldn't believe
and if we're ever really over, then my one last wish
would be to stop the pain from scarring, oh, I can't seem to see past us
 
You said I’m one of a kind, but the kind’s a dime a dozen
you were ready to run, so steady, but I wasn’t
when the music stops, you’ll bow down to no applause
 
Break my heart one last time
so I can board my flight
I know I’ll be home soon, I’ll sleep in my old room
wash off all your memories, and restart.

Break My Heart (One Last Time) (demo)

A song for a guy who's unfortunately not listening.

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It’s cold where you moved to
and even colder next to her
No swimming trunks and no Birkenstocks
no salt water in your hair
 
It’s earlier over in this time zone
You’ve still got time to change your mind,
all the time in the world
 
It’s been some time of back and forth
Do you know what you’re running from?
Baby
 
When all the roads lead to California
and back to me
And when the sun sets on all she told ya 
then you will miss
 
The city lights and you through my eyes
in a backwards hat and the tan you got
Oceanside
In California
 
Who do you go back to?
and do you recognize yourself?
‘Cause I’m the only one who remembers
who you were before we met
 
You know that it isn’t love
Right place, right time for her
Baby
 
When all of the roads lead to California
and back to me
And when the sun sets on all she told ya 
you will miss

The city lights and you through my eyes
in a backwards hat and the tan you got
Oceanside
In California
 
I hope this letter makes it to you in time
before she’s all dressed in white
’Cause in a City of Angels
you’re still the holiest one of all
 
When all the roads lead to California
and back to me
And when the sun sets on all she told ya 
then you will miss
 
The city lights and you through my eyes
in a backwards hat and the tan you got
Oceanside
In California.

California (demo)

María Verdier

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