By Jane Wiedlin (1990)
On album Tangled (1990)

Oh, baby, I'm so tangled
Twisted up like a lover
Was never, ever meant to be
Oh, baby, I'm so tangled…
…a lover
Was never, ever meant to be
Oh, baby I'm so tangled
(Woh-oh-woh)
These riptides of emotion
Are drowning me
I know that it's confusing…
…feel
This doubting, doubting
Oh, baby I'm so tangled
Twisted up like a lover
Was never, ever meant to be
Oh, baby I'm so tangled…

…]
We were young and we were old
Life was warm then life was cold
It gets harder, yes you'll see
But were we ever meant to be…
…?
We were young and we were old
Life was warm then life was cold
It gets harder, yes you'll see
But were we ever meant to be?
We were…
…young and we were old
Life was warm then life was cold
It gets harder, yes you'll see
But were we ever meant to be?
We were young…

What are you waiting for
You don't even have to run
Travel for miles for
My own oblivion
This is further than I ever meant to be…
…behind the suit
This is further than I ever meant to be
Turn me around and push my yesterday to me
This is further than I ever…
…meant to be
Turn me around and push my yesterday to me
This is further than I ever meant to be
Turn me around and push my…

…this doubting, doubting
[Chorus:]
Oh, baby
I'm so tangled
Twisted up like a lover
Was never, ever meant to be
Oh, baby
I'm so tangled…
…a lover
Was never, ever meant to be
Oh, baby
I'm so tangled
(Whoa, oh, whoa)
These riptides of emotion
Are drowning me
(Drowning)
Oh, baby
I'm so…
…tangled
Twisted up like a lover
Was never, ever meant to be
Oh, baby
I'm so tangled
Twisted up like a lover
Was never, ever meant to be…

…love
Should have been the only thing that was ever meant to be.
Didn't know, couldn't see what…
…but time has proved me wrong.
'Cause I'm still holdin' on.
What could have been love
Should have been the only thing that was ever meant to be…
…
What could have been love
Should have been the only thing that was ever meant to be.
Didn't know, couldn't see what…

…no it's not that I planned to
But I think it feels like
Maybe I'm falling for you and me
Just don't know
Oh were we ever meant to be…
…it feels like
Maybe I'm falling for you and me
Just don't know oh
Were we ever meant to be
Suddenly, oh you caught me
So off guard…
…oh
Were we ever meant to be
Suddenly oh
You caught me so off guard
We fell in love so unexpectedly
Unexpectedly
We fell in love so unexpectedly…
By Eric Reprid (2020)
On album Bloom (2020)

…[Hook]
Never ever meant to be so sour baby
Runnin' outta steam everyday be the same
Livin' like this testin' all my patience
Need…
…(yea)
My fam on my spine (yea)
Green be gettin' sliced like a lime, I
[Hook]
Never ever meant to be so sour baby
Runnin' outta…
…)
Never ever meant to be so sour baby
Runnin' outta steam everyday be the same
Livin' like this testin' all my patience
Need a bit of you every time I drink
Like a lime
Like a lime
Ooooooo
Ooooooo…

…wasting
Can't say where we've been
Cause it seems to me that
Nothing's what it's ever meant to be
With my fate
My thoughts erase
My…
…it seems to me that
Nothing's what it's ever meant to be
Why can't you figure me out?
With a twist my mind has missed you so…
Can't say where we've been
Cause it seems to me that
Nothing's what it's ever meant to be
Your time I'm wasting
Can't say where…

…feel the calm
When the time is right
You'll slip out of my sight
'Cause things were never ever meant to be this way
And if we play…
…at this utopia
And let me know when you feel the calm
When the time is right
You'll slip out of my sight
'Cause things were never ever meant to be…
…the time is right
You'll slip out of my sight
'Cause things were never ever meant to be this way
Look at this utopia
All you've said…

…?
At the age of 17
You fell in love with me
But it was never ever meant to be
Later on as we got to know each other
I just wanted…
…remember me?
At the age of 17
You fell in love with me
But it was never ever meant to be
Do you remember me?
I was only 17
Lived my…
…life so wild and free
But it was never ever meant to be
I fell in love the moment I laid my eyes on him
But that's just…

…to the value of truth
And I'm waiting for you now save me
Save me
Chorus
All that was ever meant to be rests on a grain of sand
You never wanted…
…to the value of truth
And I'm waiting for you now save me
Save me
Chorus
All that was ever meant to be rests on a grain of sand
You never wanted me…
…that rests on every plane
I'd give everything just for you to believe in me
Chorus
All that was ever meant to be rests on a grain of sand
You never…

…the sun and the moon, It's like me and it's you
Never ever meant to be apart
And no matter the day, if I'm here or away
You're…
…me and it's you
Never ever meant to be apart
And no matter the day, if I'm here or away
You're always gonna be in my heart…
…be the light that starts my day
'Cus the sun and the moon, It's like me and it's you
Never ever meant to be…

…have one first kiss
Was it ever meant to be
If committing to me
Feels like committing a crime
There's no way I'm leaving
I'll stay…
…never mean
Must be some truth
In this
Must be some joy
And bliss
Too only have one first kiss
Was it ever meant to be
If committing to me
Feels like committing a crime…

I'm wasting, can't say where we've been,
'Cause it seems to me that nothing's what it's ever meant to be.
With my fate, my…
…where we've been,
'Cause it seems to me that nothing's what it's ever meant to be.
Why can't you figure me out?
With a twist, my…

…no.... I can't go there again
Oh no..... Was this ever meant to be?
I'm sitting on the floor with the book in my hand
Dreaming…
…and red hot wires
Oh no.... I can't go there again
Oh no..... Was this ever meant to be?
To think it has come…