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The Chorus popped into my head and then the rest of the song slowly took shape over the next year. Who knows where the chorus came from, it just ’arrived’ and then I had to make a song around it.

My inspiration for the rest of the song was primarily from the disintegration of my band, Crossroads, and the enlightening (and sometimes sad) interactions I had with some former band members afterwards. Things worked themselves out in the end for the most part but it was quite a learning experience. Compromise was not something I did well back then and most of CrossRoads' falling apart falls on my shoulders.

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Take your picture off my wall, no I don’t think of you at all,
Not a single night that I spent holding you.
If I knew what was to come, I would take my heart and run,
Only dream about the love that might have been.
Cause dreams don’t cut you quite so deep, they only haunt you when you sleep,
Maybe then I could forget about you everyday.
They say it’s better loved and lost, but they don’t tell your heart the cost,
For a love that might have been or love that used to be
Used to be
I’m your used to be

So much wasted time. Foolish Hearts, oh the cost is mine.
I guess I should have seen it coming form the start
A pretty face don’t make a pretty heart.

So long since you walked away, But I held on to the lies you gave
Now you ain’t coming back no no you don’t think of me
Why waste your time on what used to be.

So what are you still doing here in my mind?
And after all these years why can’t I say goodbye?

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~Chorus~
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Everyday, so much passing time. Miles away, I’ll be doing fine,
But then my mind starts to sing every unfinished little rhyme
I wish I could leave it all behind.

So why can’t I get you out of my head?
And what would I do if you were back by my side once again?

~Chorus~

A Love that Used to Be

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from Wyoming (​+​xtras) - 2004, released October 1, 2004

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Brett Allen Gregory Livermore, California

I've always been compelled to write.

Early on it was journaling and poetry, but then that merged with my guitar addiction to become songwriting.

The process was always a bit manic, pressured, as if a large gorilla had stepped into my room, grabbed me by the lapels and said, "I will not let you sleep until you write this idea down." And so for years the gorilla and I danced madly thru the night. ... more

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