Story Behind The Song

It was an Ellen Show text

Song Description

This girl has been in a dysfunctional relationship and she wakes up. She has found the strength to make the change and get out. She turns the tables on the guy and sets a new standard which he is unable to achieve. His response: you'll never find someone like me. Her response: that;s the idea!

Lyrics

I've been wondering what I'm doing
going through the motions with you.
It's time I wake up, change my make-up.
Read my lips: "we're though."
You like me guessing, like me doubting,
like me wondering, like me shouting,
like me breaking, like me bleeding,
like me thinking I was comin' undone
You had me begging, had me crawling,
Had me freakin, had me falling
Had me crying, had me pleading,
Had me thinkin I had nowhere to run--
You said: "I'll never find someone like you"
That's the idea! Redefine my criteria
Gonna set a new bar at a height
you can't reach with a ten foot ladder
I need somebody stable, somebody able
Somebody strong u-huh.
Somebody not afraid to admit when I'm right
And when he's wrong.
Now you're guessing, now you're doubting,
now you're wondering, now you're shouting,
now you're breaking, now you're bleeding,
now you're thinking that you're comin' undone
I want you begging, want you crawling,
Want you freakin, want you falling
Want you crying, want you pleading,
Want you knowing you've got nowhere to run--
You said: "I'll never find someone like you"
That's the idea! Redefine my criteria
Gonna set a new bar at a height
you can't reach with a ten foot ladder
I need somebody stable, somebody able
Somebody strong u-huh.
Somebody not afraid to admit when I'm right
And when he's wrong.
Now you're wondering how I'm doing
Getting through my life without you
The day I walked out, I had no doubt
I was never looking back for you--unh-uh
(chorus)

It's time you woke up, face you messed up .
Read my lips: "we're though."