Alice Tanner - 12 Years | Emotional Acoustic Ballad About Loss, Betrayal & Grief

“12 Years” is a deeply emotional acoustic ballad about love torn apart by tragedy and irreversible loss. The song tells the story of a marriage destroyed, a child lost, and two people forced to live with the consequences of a single devastating moment.

Through raw, honest lyrics and a haunting melody, 12 Years explores grief, anger, forgiveness, and the painful truth that love can still exist even after everything has been broken. It’s a song about distance, not just time apart, but emotional separation, guilt, and the weight of memory.

This track is for anyone who has lived through loss, struggled with unanswered questions, or carried love and pain side by side for years.

Lyrics

Ooooh, ooooh, ooooh

Saw you in the record store today
Tried to leave before you caught my eye
Didn't really know what to say
Just forced a smile and asked if you're OK

I hated you so much for what you did
Can't forget and won't forgive
You took her life, that child at play
All because of your irrational display

Twelve years apart, you and I
Wrecked our marriage
Destroyed our lives
And I was left to cry
All by myself, every single night

Good times together, we had, that's true
And our little girl, you miss her too
But you've moved on and so have I
How is it I still love you?

Can't reason why
You hurt me so
I lost her first and then you too

Won't abandon my family
You know I won't
It'd destroy them too

Twelve years apart, you and I
Wrecked our marriage
Destroyed our lives
And I was left to cry
All by myself, every single night

You did this to yourself
Don't ask me to choose
I've got too much to lose

And I refuse to lose it all again

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