Do You Believe in Fairytales?

Happier

A/N: Lyrics are in italics!

Walking down 29th and Park

I walked down 29th and Park to do some holiday shopping. It was late at night and snow was falling.

I saw you in another's arms

Only a month we've been apart

My ex-boyfriend walked down the street with his new girlfriend. I smiled a sad smile. Sometimes I wish that was still me.

You look happier

Saw you walk inside a bar

They both walked inside a bar across the street and I sighed.

He said somethin' to make you laugh

She made him laugh. A genuine laugh. Something I could never do and my heart broke.

I saw that both your smiles were twice as wide as ours

Yeah, you look happier, you do

I stopped staring through the bar window and kept walking down the street.

Ain't nobody hurt you like I hurt you

But ain't nobody love you like I do

I still loved him, and I wish he knew that. I wish he didn't barge into my apartment a month ago and told me it was over.

Promise that I will not take it personal, baby

If you're movin' on with someone new

That fact that it has only been a month, and he moved on so easily hurt. While I am here walking through the streets sadder than ever.

'Cause baby you look happier, you do

My friends told me one day I'll feel it too

It's not fair that I can't move on, that I'm still stuck. That I want you back. That I want to be with him again.

And until then I'll smile to hide the truth

But I know I was happier with you

I walked into Starbuck and ordered a hot chocolate and sat down.

Sat in the corner of the room

Everything's reminding me of you

Everything here reminded me of him. It brought up memories of us. Every single time we stopped by here on our walks home or when we went shopping or when we walked to the park or to work. Or when one of us just wanted coffee. Or when we went on study dates.

I sat at the table, staring out the window and fiddling with my empty cup.

Nursing an empty bottle

And telling myself you're happier, aren't you?

(Hey, yeah, hey, yeah, hey, yeah)

It hurts me to know I hurt you and that we couldn't work things out. Everywhere I go reminds me of us and of the fun we had. Everything reminds me about how you broke me and how I still wish we were together.

Oh, ain't nobody hurt you like I hurt you (hey, yeah, hey, yeah)

But ain't nobody need you like I do (hey, yeah, hey, yeah)

Every time I see you, it brings up my feelings and I realize I still needed you. You were my rock. Now you're gone and I've realized that fairytales are the exception, not the rule.