Broken-Hearted Girl
Beyonce & Kanye West Lyrics

You're everything I thought you never were
You turned out to be completely different from what I expected.

And nothing like I thought you could've been
You fell way short of the potential I saw in you.

But still you live inside of me
Despite everything, I can't seem to forget about you.

So tell me, how is that?
I'm wondering how you still have such a hold on me.

You're the only one I wish I could forget
Out of everyone, you're the one I want to erase from my memory.

The only one I love to not forgive
I have a strange love for holding onto the grudge against you.

And though you break my heart
Even though you constantly hurt me emotionally.

You're the only one
You still have a grip on my heart unlike anyone else.

And though there are times when I hate you 'cause I can't erase
Sometimes I despise you because I can't erase the memories of how you hurt me.

The times that you hurt me and put tears on my face
Those moments when you caused me pain and made me cry.

And even now while I hate you, it pains me to say
Although I hate you currently, it still hurts me to admit it.

I know I'll be there at the end of the day
Despite everything, I know I'll still be there for you when the day is over.

I don't wanna be without you, babe
I can't imagine my life without you by my side.

I don't want a broken heart
I don't want to experience the pain of a shattered heart.

Don't wanna take a breath without you, babe
I find it unbearable to even breathe without you.

I don't want to play that part
I refuse to play the role of a broken-hearted person.

I know that I love you, but let me just say
I do love you, but I need to express something.

I don't wanna love you in no kind of way, no, no
I don't want to continue loving you in any manner.

And I don't want to play the broken-hearted girl
I refuse to act like a girl whose heart is broken.

There's something that I feel I need to say
There's something I've been wanting to express.

But up 'til now I've always been afraid
I've always been scared to speak up until this point.

That you would never come around
That you would never change your ways.

And still I wanna put this out
Nevertheless, I still want to say this.

You say you got the most respect for me but
You claim to have the highest level of respect for me, but...

Sometimes I feel you're not deserving of me
At times, I believe that you don't deserve to be with me.

And still you're in my heart
Yet, you still have a place in my heart.

But you're the only one
Out of everyone, you're the one who occupies my thoughts.

And, yes, there are times when I hate you, but I don't complain
Although I hate you sometimes, I choose not to express it.

'Cause I've been afraid that you would walk away
Because I've been scared that you would leave me.

Oh, but now I don't hate you, I'm happy to say
However, I can proudly say that I no longer hate you.

That I will be there at the end of the day
I want you to know that I'll still be by your side when the day is done.

Now I'm at a place I thought I'd never be, ooh
I've reached a point in my life that I never imagined I'd be in.

I'm living in a world that's all about you and me, yeah
My world revolves around the relationship between you and me.

Ain't got to be afraid, my broken heart is free
I don't need to be scared anymore, my heart is no longer broken.

To spread my wings and fly away, away with you
To embrace freedom and embark on a journey with you.

No broken-hearted girl
I refuse to be a girl with a broken heart.

No broken-hearted girl
I won't allow myself to be a broken-hearted girl.

No broken-hearted girl
I am not a girl whose heart is broken.