The Difference Between You And I...

The difference between you and I is
You'll let him tear you down over and over again
Hoping he'll build you up
Though he never will
And it's not because he can't
He really just doesn't care

The difference between you and I is
You'll stick around, hoping that eventually
He'll see you for the amazing girl
That you tell yourself you are
When you're at the theater alone
And he's there holding hands with the other girl he's fucking

The difference between you and I is
You'll keep thinking something will change
And you'll look for a million little examples
Of how it is changing and how it will
When really, you're just deluding yourself with his lies
And worst yet, the lies you tell yourself

The difference between you and I is
Not a remarkable difference, really
We're both women, yearning for love
We, both, at some point fell for him
We both got our hearts bruised
But you stayed for more

The difference between you and I is
I'm not willing to sell myself short,
Tell myself lies or cry myself to sleep at night
Just on the chance
That I might actually receive the love I'm searching for
From him

But, perhaps, the biggest difference between you and I is
You're weak
And I'm strong.