After the fact...

I'm sure this is something the ladies & gentlemen can relate to:

AFTER THE FACT
After all the drama & after all the pain,
We go our separate ways, yet you find a way to stay.
I’m true to you, enhance you, and give you a reason to be happy.
You do something foolish & put it all on the line.
You know my worth but you don’t know how to let go when I’m gone.
My worth should be not be discovered after the fact.

Why couldn’t you figure this out while you have me?
Why did it take hurting me to know you made a big mistake?
Why when I move on to the next, you want me back?
You fight harder than ever to get back a good thing.
My worth should be not be discovered after the fact.

And you know you still don’t plan to make things right.
I’m not the one you can put on the top shelf & come back to later.
If you want to do you, then do you.
If I’m not around when you want to settle down then that’s your lost.
My worth should be not be discovered after the fact.

Obviously I’m not worth the risk.
So what if you fall in love & I’m the one you want to spend your life with?
You’d rather risk it all for various reasons that lead back to fear of commitment.
My worth should be not be discovered after the fact.

Don’t you realize its people like you that taint the good?
You go out & do all your dirt on our dollar while we sit back & wait for the change.
We either get smart & leave, or we get smart and get even.
Sometimes for us to get even puts us on your level.
You scar us & in the future we face the same loyalty issues.
Don’t come back to apologize now.
You’ll just fill my heart with lies & good words to keep things going another day.
My worth should be not be discovered after the fact.

Don’t take me as bitter.
Just understand you’re not going to waste anymore of my time or yours because,
My worth should be not be discovered after the fact.