Broken Angel
(To the tune of Concrete Angel by Martina McBride)
In a world that she doesn't think that she can survive in,
Her dreams give her wings,
She tries to fly to a place where she's loved
But in the end,
She ends up just crashing to the ground
Cause she doesnt have the spirit to fly,
Fly away
Nobody knows what she's holding back
They wouldn't understand
Even if they tried
Wearing the same clothes that she wore yesterday
She's covered in blood, cuts, and bruises
People wonder but they dont ask
It's hard to see the pain behind the mask
Bearing the burden of a secret storm
In a world she doesn't think that she can survive in,
Her dreams give her wings,
She tries to fly to a place where she's loved
But in the end, she ends up just crashing to the ground
Cause she doesn't have the spirit to fly,
fly away
She wishes that she were never born
Through the wind and the rain
She shakes as hard as a stone
In a world she doesn't think that she can survive in,
Her dreams give her wings,
She tries to fly to a place where she's loved
But in the end, she ends up just crashing to the ground
Cause she doesnt have the spirit to fly,
Fly away
She cries in the middle of the night
The neighbors hear,
But they turn out the lights and just ignore the sound and go back to sleep
A fragile soul caught in the hands of fate
When morning comes it'll be too late,
Shell already have died {be gone}
In a world she doesnt think that she can survive in,
Her dreams give her wings,
She tries to fly to a place where she's loved
But in the end, she ends up just crashing to the ground
Cause she doesnt have the spirit to fly,
Fly away
She gets on MSN in the middle of the night
Planning on just changing her name to Dead
She finds someone else on too though
She starts chatting with them
Tells them she wants to die
They say, dont do it!
She asks why
They give their reasons
After a while, they convince her
She says, thanks for saving my life
The person hadnt even realized what he had done, They just did what they thought had to be done
He was a hero
Someone, who never thought they'd save a life
And she never thought that theyd save hers
She thought they were just a face in the crowd
Someone who shed met at camp,
Who really didnt think he meant much to her
When shes about to seal up her death notice
It managed to save her life
In a world she doesnt think that she can survive in,
Her dreams give her wings,
She tries to fly to a place where she's loved
But in the end, she ends up just crashing to the ground
Cause she doesnt have the spirit to fly,
Fly away
She wishes she could have lived for more,
Not stooping to this level
Trying to kill herself
Having to rely on someone else
To save herself
Thinking that no one cared
She wanted to go ahead and end the pain
Now they're all sad
Cause they didnt notice till it was too late
They didn't try to help
They're just lucky that someone came to her rescue
They never tell her how much they love her
She thought she was doing everyone a favor
By trying to end it all
She didn't think that anyone loved her
In a world she doesn't think that she can survive in,
Her dreams give her wings,
She tries to fly to a place where she's loved
But in the end, she ends up just crashing to the ground
Cause she doesnt have the spirit to fly, fly away
She wishes she could have lived for more,
Not stooping to this level
Trying to kill herself
Having to rely on someone else
To save herself
I am considering singing this at PortalCon and I want a bunch of peoples opinions on if I should sing it or not.
On the line: "She'll already have died {be gone}" should I use "have died" or "be gone"? I'm thininking "be gone" would be better, it sounds a litte less morbid and it just flows better.
Please tell me if you think the song sucks- because I'm thinking about singing it at PortalCon- except I'm still not convinced that it is any good, it would sound really bad without background music, I'm not the best singer in the world, and I would be bawling my eyes out by the time I was 1/3 of the way through the song cause its like really deeply rooted in me emotionally. If enough people tell me that is good enough and someone convinces me that I can actualyl sing halfway decent I will do this. Also, if someone knows where I could get the background music to "Concrete Angel, by Martina McBride" I would appreciate it, cause I would really like to sing it with background music.
And in case you are wondering- yes there is a story behind this song. If you want to know the story, reply to this. Cause it is a kinda long, and really sad. And when I wrote the song I had a certain guy in mind when I write about the guy on MSN. If you really want to know who the guy is- I'll tell you. Except that I have a different person in mind when I sing it now.
Any criticism (good or bad) woud be appreciated. AND PLEASE BE HONEST!!! If it sucks I want to know that it honestly sucks before I go out and sing it and totally embarrass myself.
Thanks!
bitchy