Sara Bareilles - She Used to Be Mine (Lyric Video)

Sara Bareilles sings “She Used to Be Mine” from WAITRESS the new musical based on the film by Adrienne Shelly which premiered at the A.R.T. at Harvard University on August 2, 2015 and closed September 27, 2015.

Book by Jessie Nelson
Music and Lyrics by Sara Bareilles
Based upon the motion picture written by Adrienne Shelly
Choreographed by Chase Brock
Directed by Diane Paulus

The A.R.T. cast included Jessie Mueller as Jenna, Drew Gehling as Dr. Pomatter, and Joe Tippett as Earl.

[TheicMoggy]

I've never heard such a song that makes me feel so human. It's both devastating and encouraging at the same time. To accept your past, learn from those mistakes and grow as a person.
This song is incomparable beyond words.

[pamelawalker]

I was just out shopping.. Getting ready to park my car when this song came on the radio.. It got to the part where she sang: "She is Messy but Kind" I was instantly taken. I quickly grabbed a piece of paper out of my purse and jotted down those lyrics so I could rush home and run a search. I've never been so floored by lyrics before. I felt like she was writing my life. Tears swelled up in my eyes. I am addicted...

[trvelnfool]

had Waitress been in any other broadway season, it would have won so many awards. This song is so beautiful.

[mjkittredge]

the person we were before traumatic events that changed us isn't gone - they're still there, under the piles and layers of shit life has piled on. We can dig them out

[mallorymcguire]

I lived this, The unplanned, but totally needed pregnancy while in a relationship with a manipulative and abusive individual. The fear of him, and the realization that I had no choice but to leave because I wanted more for her. She needed to know that a relationship was supposed to be more than that. Thank God for my now husband, who shows her daily what a man is supposed to be, and has helped us heal. He teaches her what she should expect from a relationship... and a father. Thank you for this song. I NEED to see Waitress, now.

[crickett]

This is exactly my life...the waitress, the men who couldn't love . The baby.. I can't listen to this enough. Every time I do it makes me cry. The little boy I gave away sent me this in an email. Growing up he wasn't part of my life. But he has been for the last 20 years..he's 47 now. I'm still healing. Thank you for this beautiful song and your beautiful voice.

[condessacasarao]

I don't usually comment on youtube, but this one i had to. I love music and I relate to a lot of lyrics, and many of Sara's lyrics have touched me at some point. But NEVER had I experienced anything like the way this song touched my soul!!! Every word in here made me feel something! I'm finishing my masters thinking that maybe I should've done something else with my life, maybe i've "wasted" my time studying this and should figure out what i want to do. Right now I'm really wishing I was the girl i used to be before all this doubt took over. "This is not what i asked for. Sometimes life just slips in trough a back door and carves out a person and makes you believe it's all true. And now i've got you!" Feelings, so many feelings... Thank you Sara for sharing your gift with the world, and for putting into beautiful music what my heart has been trying to tell my head for a while!!!

[Jerones]

She's the awesomest lyricist ever. God. This is perfection. If only Waitress takes a tour in the Philippines, my life would be complete.

[anthonybenz]

As humans, we all build up walls to protect ourselves from the emotions we're afraid to feel because they cause us pain. Music like this allows us to start taking those walls down and working through what's underneath. Thank you, Sara, for this powerful piece of music.

[JusticeHearts]

I heard this in a Starbucks while I was reading a book...I had to write it in my notes. It's amazing. I was listening and I instantly realized this is the same chick that sang Love Song. Boy she has a powerful voice...

[sophghost]

If you are reading this you are amazing, beautiful/handsom, you are unique, every thing about you is perfect, you should NEVER let someone make you think diffrently because you are important and strong. Please have a wonderful day.

[roseawen]

This has to be one of the best, most emotional and real songs I've ever heard. She is messy but she's kind. She is lonely most of the time. This song makes me cry every time I hear it. I can relate to almost all of it and I too was married to a man who just does not know how to love, did not know how to love me for sure. I listen to her sing about me every time I hear this song. Great movie too and I'd love to see the musical.

[stay-kind]

You know sometimes songs can have a hidden meaning for all of us. But this particular song hits home to me in many ways. To me this song is about my sister.. my beautiful amazing sister who's in a emotionally abusive marriage. I'm only writing this on YouTube, because I feel that it might touch someones's life and give support to any of you who's going through what my sisters going through or a loved one that is. Every word of this song completely describes this part of my life. She was pregnant when this song first came out, now she's in a marriage with her baby girl, unaware of the situation she's in, cutting off family relationships, and doing what she thinks has to be done to save her marriage. (please don't try to "solve" the problem or give advice, I'm only here to share and maybe give some hope and support to someone going through a similar situation, that they are not the only ones). Sometimes there's no solution, we can't battle someone else's fight, so I'm here to tell you that I wholeheartedly understand and care about you and this hard time you're going through. That you are NOT alone. That other's are going through the same situation and with support of loved ones, people like us, and this lovely song (and many other songs by Sara Bareilles, and I just want to say thank you Sara for creating this song that truly touches my heart and every limb and nerve in my body with the truth..) we can find hope and peace each and every day.. <3

[zzyzzy]

this song speaks do deeply to how I felt everyday in my 20s.... the regrets I did not recognise till my 30s.

I am now 42.... I still remember what I used to be..and what I still aspire to become

[pianomandove]

Good news: I can stop listening to Gravity on repeat for the past million years.
Bad News: I'm gonna have to listen to this on repeat for the next million years.

[Migalucivideos]

I sat in my room just crying. Wow. Sara Barellies really knocked it out of the ballpark. Can't wait to see this show. Such incredible lyrics and melody. I'm obsessed.

[tomshchori]

I was lucky enough to discover Sara in her "love song" days and I follow her since then.
she has been growing so much. her songs are mature, heart breaking.. her voice is angelic and stays in your heart!
love you and appreciate your amazing job, can't wait to see you in person! you are number one!
absolutely INSPIRING.

[jkufs]

"And it's not what I asked for, sometimes life just slips in through a backdoor and carves out a person and makes you believe it's all true. And now I've got you. And you're not what I asked for. If I'm honest I know I would give it all back for a chance to start over and rewrite an ending or two for the girl that I knew." are AMAZING lyrics for all adults looking at their lives.

[conduitofthegospeldarrellb]

We are going to look back on this era of music and Sara Bareilles is a musician who we will herald and regret not showing as much love and attention to as she DESERVED at the time. Amazing artists and has been since her debut album. Thanks John Mayer haha...

[megumidiffely]

I am crying so hard right now. The past really changed me. I wish I could take it all back and erase it. My life is such a mess right now. I feel so stuck.