This is a first....
...but I actually am listening to Britney. I'm definitely not a fan of her by any stretch of the imagination, but for the first time ever, I feel compassion for her. True compassion. Even though she's all rich for singing garbage-y songs with a wisp of a voice and she feels the need to bare herself in every possible magazine, past all that, she's a person. Someone with a soul who has really been hurt and knows what pain really is. Her very public breakup is something that no one should have to go through, esp. since Justin is being a really big jerk - telling all about their private sexual relationship, threatening to sell her love letters, dating every woman that comes near him that could be old enough to be his mom. this song might not be about him, but it's really endeared me to her. I'm thankful and grateful that I don't feel this way myself (anymore), but there's still parts of it I can relate to. Some pain never dies, not b/c it's yours, but b/c you realize that you once knew this pain. It's not like feeling it all over again, but you do remember it and feel for the person who feels it now. and the chorus speaks for itself.
Everytime - Britney
Notice me
Take my hand
Why are we
Strangers when
Our love is strong
Why carry on without me?
Everytime I try to fly
I fall without my wings
I feel so small
I guess I need you baby
And everytime I see you in my dreams
I see your face, it's haunting me
I guess I need you baby
I make believe
That you are here
It's the only way
I see clear
What have I done
You seem to move on easy
And everytime I try to fly
I fall without my wings
I feel so small
I guess I need you baby
And everytime I see you in my dreams
I see your face, you're haunting me
I guess I need you baby
I may have made it rain
Please forgive me
My weakness caused you pain
And this song is my sorry
Ohhhh
At night I pray
That soon your face
Will fade away
And everytime I try to fly
I fall without my wings
I feel so small
I guess I need you baby
And everytime I see you in my dreams
I see your face, you're haunting me
I guess I need you baby
Everytime - Britney
Notice me
Take my hand
Why are we
Strangers when
Our love is strong
Why carry on without me?
Everytime I try to fly
I fall without my wings
I feel so small
I guess I need you baby
And everytime I see you in my dreams
I see your face, it's haunting me
I guess I need you baby
I make believe
That you are here
It's the only way
I see clear
What have I done
You seem to move on easy
And everytime I try to fly
I fall without my wings
I feel so small
I guess I need you baby
And everytime I see you in my dreams
I see your face, you're haunting me
I guess I need you baby
I may have made it rain
Please forgive me
My weakness caused you pain
And this song is my sorry
Ohhhh
At night I pray
That soon your face
Will fade away
And everytime I try to fly
I fall without my wings
I feel so small
I guess I need you baby
And everytime I see you in my dreams
I see your face, you're haunting me
I guess I need you baby