Lonely

I gave my heart to someone who never learned how to communicate
In two years time
I started to find we were better going our separate ways
Mama was right when she said the
Pieces will fit when the timing's right
So I'm on my way home, all on my own, leaving the past behind

He ain't thinking about me tonight even though I wish he would
The old me would give it all up if I
Asked him to love me and he said, "I could"
Oh but I need more,
'Cause life's too short to be driving some dead end street
I can't clip these wings,
Despite everything, when I've got a whole world to see

Just 'cause I'm lonely,
That doesn't mean that you're the only one for me
No, just 'cause I'm lonely,
That doesn't mean that you're the only one for me

Two years later,
I found someone new who didn't know how to love me right
Kept on making plans,
Just to dash 'em like sand, and run away rather than fight
But you won't see me crying,
It's not like I'm dying, not making this worse than it is
'Cause now it's me and me first,
So even though this shit hurts you'd do well to remember this

That this weight on your chest,
Is some self-imposed crest of something you know you just don't need
That the spark in your heart will turn
Into flames when you learn to let it breathe
I kept losing myself in loving them
Blind, like I'm some kind of earnest fool
But if your soul isn't in it,
You're really not living, ain't a damn thing you can do

Just 'cause I'm lonely,
That doesn't mean that you're the only one for me
No, just 'cause I'm lonely,
That doesn't mean that you're the only one for me

You have to accept that there will be people thrown in your path
That for whatever reason don't stay in your life
You have to accept there's a reason for that

"If you love something, let it go,
If it's meant to be it will come back"
Now as much as that's a great thing to say to somebody
And it may make them feel better
About something crappy that has happened
You could spend the rest of your life
Waiting for that someone to come back
Instead of focusing on finding something else or something more

No just 'cause I'm lonely,
That doesn't mean that you're the only one for me
No, just 'cause I'm lonely,
That doesn't mean that you're the only one for me

Lonely, but I know now what deep down I have always known
No, you're not lonely if you know
How to make it in this world on your own