Lavin Christine Compass Lyrics

Compass Lyrics

Christine Lavin
"Compass"
How can she say she's lost without him?
He's
not a compass; he never was.
How can she say life has no meaning?
Life
meant something before he came along; it still does.
How can she say he
stole her heart?
You can't steal what's given away.
Love isn't blind, but
sometimes it's short-sighted,
And if you're not careful you can lose your
way.
For as long as I've known her, she's either been with
someone,
Breaking up with someone, or dating five or six men
Looking for
that special someone.
Her girlfriends were all good-naturedly envious
Of
her beauty, her warmth, her sense of humor.
Everywhere we'd go, she'd always
be the center of attention
Without trying to be.
When he came along, at
first they appeared to be
An unlikely pairing, but they did look wonderful
together.
Soon their differences only served to make them more attractive to
each other.
And even they began to think of themselves as the perfect
couple.
She was a stunning bride.
How can she say she's lost without
him?
He's not a compass; he never was.
How can she say life has no
meaning?
Life meant something before he came along; it still does.
How
can she say he stole her heart?
You can't steal what's given away.
Love
isn't blind, but sometimes it's short-sighted,
And if you're not careful you
can lose your way.
At the wedding his friends clapped him on the
back,
Congratulated him, not knowing that he never quite felt
He measured
up to her standards.
Neither did he nor did we know that her entire
sense
Of self-esteem was directly tied to
Whomever was the current man in
her life.
To hear him discuss it, he says that every day
During the last
two years of their marriage
He was consciously inching away, emotionally
distancing himself from her,
But it was done in such a gradual,
imperceptible manner
That when he took that final, and to him, inevitable
step out the door,
To her it was a bolt out of the blue.
The irony of it
is, in his own way,
He's just as lost and as hurt and as angry
About all
of this as she is,
Though she will never believe that.
How can she say
she's lost without him?
He's not a compass; he never was.
How can she say
life has no meaning?
Life meant something before he came along; it still
does.
How can she say he stole her heart?
You can't steal what's given
away.
Love isn't blind, but sometimes it's short-sighted,
And if you're
not careful you can lose your way.
You can lose your way, you can lose your
way.