Michelle Williams: I should have been a one hit wonder...
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I just don't understand
It should have been me left standing out in the pouring rain
All of my hopes and dreams going down in a burst flames
And it should have been a once in a lifetime
I'm still here wondering why
And here you come again
It could have been left out there wandering aimlessly
Running here, running there with no place to be
And I should have been a one hit wonder
15 minutes of fame
With nothing, gained and nothing left to lose
My only chance was you
And here you come again
“15 Minutes” is one of the few ballads on Do You Know that actually works. Perhaps it’s because her subject matter, fame, is so compelling coming from a woman who has been so suddenly and completely thrust into the spotlight. The song showcases what sounds like a sincere ambivalence to her success, musing about what might have been, perhaps in an attempt to empathize with former Destiny’s Child members LaToya and LaTavia, who were dumped off the roller coaster before the band hit its peak just before she joined in 2000. She muses, “It could have been me left out there / Wandering aimlessly / Running here running there / With no place to be / And I should have been a one-hit wonder / 15 minutes of fame”.
