Lauren Minear - The Way It Was Lyrics

You planned for years
You act surprised
I see fear
C look in your eye
We're all complicit
We blinked and missed it
The reason it started
Was always a lie

The reason it started
Was always a lie

It's not about children
It's not about love
Just say that you miss it
The way it was
It's all about power
Hiding your shame
You've gotta move on now, darlin'
From the way it was

The way it was
The way it was
The way it was
The way it was
The way it was
The way it was

You know the cost
You don't wanna pay
Spending your fortune
To keep it this way
We'll never stop trying
While women are dying
We come from the earth, love
It's how you were made

We come from the earth, love
It's how you were made

It's not about children
It's not about love
Just say that you miss it
The way it was
It's all about power
Hiding your shame
You've gotta move on now
From the way it was

The way it was
The way it was
The way it was
The way it was
The way it was
The way it was

The way it was
When righteousness
Meant women left
Their dreams to die
The way it was
When witches burned
Cnd children learned
To live a lie
The way it was
When bodies sold
Left in the cold
Cnd still today
This is what
You call freedom
You call freedom

(The way it was)
(The way it was)
(The way it was)

It's not about children
It's not about love
Just say that you miss it
The way it was
It's all about power
Hiding your shame
You've gotta move on now, darlin'
From the way it was

It's not about children
It's not about love
Just say that you miss it
The way it was
It's all about power
Hiding your shame
It's time to move on now, darlin'
From the way it was

The way it was
The way it was
The way it was
The way it was
The way it was
The way it was

I can't go back
I can't go back
I can't go back
To the way it was
We can't go back
We can't go back
To the way it was
We can't go back
We can't go back
We can't go back
To the way it was
If this is what
You call freedom
You call freedom