Your Worst Regret

Not too sure what music what suit this. Hmm probably the blues again /> But open to suggs. Also
any help on improving the song would be appreciated. Thanks in advance.

Lyric by Gwyneth Rose
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Your Worst Regret

You gave me away and set yourself free
You justified it as, a better life for me
Were too young to start changing nappies
Your sacrifice would make someone happy
Did the long nine months of carrying meeeeee..
Disrupt your plans? The fruit of his seeeeed..

Your biggest mistake
Your worst regret
Your guarded secret
That you’ve kept
Wish I could
See you today
And ask you why
You threw me away

Spent my childhood in various foster homes
I died a thousand deaths from abuse alone
You made me lose my heritage my identity
Not knowing my true name, kept from me
Every day I endured the shame and pain
The life of an orphan has no love to gain

Your biggest mistake
Your worst regret
Your guarded secret
That you’ve kept
Wish I could
See you today
And ask you why
You threw me away

So Mama the next time you wonder how I am
Know you thinking Silver spoon covered in jam
I’ll bet this news doesn’t fit in with your plans
I’m in Jail for killing a foster dad named Dan
And I’m living in hell, doing the best that I can
But hey, why should I think you’d give a damn

Your biggest mistake
Your worst regret
Your guarded secret
That you’ve kept
Wish I could
See you today
And ask you why
You threw me away

Enjoyed the read.Love it.Good subject to write about.

Gweneth really strong emotions here ,   think the chorus  should be written the same way as the verse it will make it more powerful PO

Hi John

I revised this a few months ago and just realised that I never posted the updated version here.

The changes I made I think are more likely than I had in the original and think it's a bit stronger now  

Here it is...

 

 

You gave me away and set yourself free

Bet you justified it as, a better life for me

Were too young to start changing nappies

Your sacrifice would make someone happy

Did the long nine months of carrying me..

Disrupt your plans? The fruit of his seed..

 

Your biggest mistake

Your worst regret

Your guarded secret

That you’ve kept

Wish I could

See you today

And ask you why

You threw me away

 

Spent my childhood in various foster homes

I died a thousand deaths from abuse alone

You made me lose my heritage my identity

Not knowing my true name, kept from me

Every day I endured the shame and pain

The life of an orphan has no love to gain

 

Your biggest mistake

Your worst regret

Your guarded secret

That you’ve kept

Wish I could

See you today

And ask you why

You threw me away

 

So Mama the next time you wonder how I am

Know you thinking Silver spoon laden with jam

I’ll bet this news doesn’t fit well with your plans

Homeless drunk, can’t remember when it began

And I’m living in hell, doing the best that I can

But hey, why should I think you’d give a damn

 

Your biggest mistake

Your worst regret

Your guarded secret

That you’ve kept

Wish I could

See you today

And ask you why

You threw me away

 

 

 

I will admit you fooled me with the title...I expected it was about a guy walking away from you and he would be sorry...lol

However once into I realized it was much more emotional...a tough subject to write about but you did an amazing job. Funny...my mom used to kid with me that I was adopted and thats why I was so differnt from my siblings...Hmmmm..maybe someone threw me away...lol

Do you have music in mind...

 

Jarry

Hi Gwyneth.  I'm actually getting a country vibe imagining slide guitar riffs, mandolin, bit of fiddle etc. from the flow.  Not sure about a fast or slow tempo although it really could go either way based on how you want the message sent.  Great subject matter to pull at the heart strings  ~. Nelson

 

Thanks for the kind words Jarry. Glad you enjoyed! Hmmmm definately "The Blues" because it's so desperately sad!

Hoping to find a collaborator for this one.

 

 

Thanks so much Nelson. I had a muso PM me to tell me that he is an orphan and this song could have been

about him. Said at one stage he when he reached the bottom he was in fact homeless and a drunk, but thank

goodness got his act together. The fact that this reached out and touched him so deeply made me get mistry eyed!

Yes, will have to see which music suits but I'm thinking Blues........

Hi Gwyneth,

 

This is a poweful lyric and probably you're best one to date. I was captivated reading as it dragged my emotions deeper into sadness. This is hall of fame material.

 

Tony

 

 

Hi Gwyneth,

 

I like the changes you made in the lyric and think this is well-written. It's quite powerful really. The chorus is concise and rolls off the tongue. I like how we don't know the relationship between them right off the bat. It's a nice twist because my mind went to the typical guy/girl relationship. This covers a lot of ground and will make an emotional song. Well done!

 

Whoaa, I'm not deserving of that kind of applause LOL but thanks for your support my friendy. Really appreciate that you could resonate with this lyric.

 

Hi Kristi, thanks so much for that wonderful comment. Happy to hear you liked it.