Empty Prayers Lyrics - My Life Ii: The Journey Continues, Act 1 - Mary J Blige

I try my best to keep you here 

But it's hard to hold a shadow 

You said goodbye but I couldn't hear 

Too busy praying for a miracle 

And you left me on my knees 

You just walked out the door 

You didn't even have the decency to intervene 

While I was begging God for you to love me 

I prayed about us every night, mhmm 

Boy I know you had to hear me 

You could have stopped me then and told the truth 

But instead, you put a pillow over your head 

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Oh, and you left me on my knees, yeah 

You just walked out the door, babe 

You didn't even have the decency to intervene 

While I was begging God for you to love me 

You should have told me it was useless 

That I was praying empty prayers, yeah 

But you hopped in your car, pulled out your keys 

While you were leaving, I was begging God for you to love me 

And I know that He has something better to do 

Than to sit and listen to a broken-hearted fool 

Could have been saving the world from a tragedy 

But instead He was listening to me 

I was asking, beggin' for a sign 

To bring comfort to this lonely heart of mine 

But apparently you're not what I need 

I guess you walking out was Him answering 

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You left me on my knees, baby 

You just walked out the door 

You didn't even have the decency to intervene 

While I was begging God for you to love me 

I try my best to keep you here 

But it's hard to hold a shadow