Revisiting I Walk Alone by Oleander

I first heard this song in February 2001, when Sir made me the first of many mix disks. It always kinda made me sad because I knew he put it on their because he was trying to be the singer of the song, but that ultimately, he wanted me to be the singer, for me to be the strong one. Ironically, "the one who let me go" turned out to be him, but it did make me stronger and made me much more able to stand on my own. I listened to this on my way out to meet up with Sir for the Bruce Hornsby (who was AWESOME!) concert we went to tonight and it really made me thing about the things that are true for me now and what isn't. So, I'm going to be making some slight changes to the original lyrics, strikingthrough what doesn't fit and adding in brackets what does.

I Walk Alone- Oleander
I can't take this anymore
And i'm almost pretty sure
I've been here before
I can't take this any longer
I won't heal until i'm stronger
[I am] Strong enough to not be afraid
Of what anybody thinks
Of what anybody says
About the way
About the way i am
So i'll wait until the day
When those feelings fade away
Then i'll make my break

I can't take this anymore
And i'm almost pretty sure
I've been here before
I can't take this any longer
I won't heal until i'm stronger
Strong enough to not be afraid
So i leave it up to you
Yeah i leave it in your hands
Respect your wishes and your demands
But if it was up to me
Honey we'd already be back at home
And living out our dreams
Living our dreams

Everbody and everything i've known
Never taught me how to stand up on my own
Had to learn it from the one who let me go
Now i walk alone, yeah i walk alone, yeah
Living blissfully

I guess she [he] had to step away
To make me want to be
A bigger man, a bigger man than that
I need you by my side
As i take it all in stride
I put away, i put away my pride
Oh i leave it up to you
Yeah i leave it in your hands
Respect your wishes and your demands
But if it was up to me
Honey we'd already be back at home
And living our dreams

Everbody and everything i've known
Never taught me how to stand up on my own
Had to learn it from the one who let me go
Now i walk alone
Yeah I walk alone, yeah I walk alone
I walk alone
I walk alone
I walk alone
I walk, oh yeah
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P.S. I think I might be getting the hang of this HTML shit. I did all the strikethrough on the HTML editor!!! Yea for Ava!