Empty Prayers
I try my best to keep you here
But it's hard to hold a shadow
You said goodbye but I couldn't hear
Too busy praying for a miracle
And you left me on my knees
You just walked out the door
You didn't even have the decency to intervene
While I was begging God for you to love me
I prayed about us every night, mhmm
Boy I know you had to hear me
You could have stopped me then and told the truth
But instead, you put a pillow over your head
Oh, and you left me on my knees, yeah
You just walked out the door, babe
You didn't even have the decency to intervene
While I was begging God for you to love me
You should have told me it was useless
That I was praying empty prayers, yeah
But you hopped in your car, pulled out your keys
While you were leaving, I was begging God for you to love me
And I know that He has something better to do
Than to sit and listen to a broken-hearted fool
Could have been saving the world from a tragedy
But instead He was listening to me
I was asking, beggin' for a sign
To bring comfort to this lonely heart of mine
But apparently you're not what I need
I guess you walking out was Him answering
You left me on my knees, baby
You just walked out the door
You didn't even have the decency to intervene
While I was begging God for you to love me
I try my best to keep you here
But it's hard to hold a shadow
But it's hard to hold a shadow
You said goodbye but I couldn't hear
Too busy praying for a miracle
And you left me on my knees
You just walked out the door
You didn't even have the decency to intervene
While I was begging God for you to love me
I prayed about us every night, mhmm
Boy I know you had to hear me
You could have stopped me then and told the truth
But instead, you put a pillow over your head
Oh, and you left me on my knees, yeah
You just walked out the door, babe
You didn't even have the decency to intervene
While I was begging God for you to love me
You should have told me it was useless
That I was praying empty prayers, yeah
But you hopped in your car, pulled out your keys
While you were leaving, I was begging God for you to love me
And I know that He has something better to do
Than to sit and listen to a broken-hearted fool
Could have been saving the world from a tragedy
But instead He was listening to me
I was asking, beggin' for a sign
To bring comfort to this lonely heart of mine
But apparently you're not what I need
I guess you walking out was Him answering
You left me on my knees, baby
You just walked out the door
You didn't even have the decency to intervene
While I was begging God for you to love me
I try my best to keep you here
But it's hard to hold a shadow
Credits
Writer(s): Mary J. Blige, Christopher A. Stewart, Kenneth Charles Coby, Crystal Nicole Johnson
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Other Album Tracks
- Intro / My Life II...The Journey Continues / Mary J. Blige
- Feel Inside
- Midnight Drive
- Next Level
- Ain't Nobody
- 25/8
- Don't Mind
- No Condition
- Mr. Wrong
- Why
All Album Tracks: My Life II...The Journey Continues (Act 1) >
Altri album
- Gratitude
- You Ain't The Only One
- Breathing (feat. Fabolous) - Single
- Breathing - Single
- Breathing
- Christmas Without You
- Still Believe In Love (Remix)
- When I Can’t Do Better (From the Original Motion Picture “The Color Purple”)
- Still Believe In Love (feat. Vado) - Single
- A Mary Christmas (Anniversary Edition)
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