Vice

I wrote you a letter and poured out my heart
So explicitly it sounded like an instruction manual
But you still read between the lines
Finding reasons to haunt me at night
Interpreting words that need no explanation
But you thought I'm the poet of a generation
And that you were my muse
But boy, now you're out of use

Don't tell me how I feel
I might have forgotten who I was
But I still know damn well
That you once offered me a deal
You said honesty for freedom
And I took it, I believed it
I broke my promise, crossed the line
Thought I'd win this, faked a high
Became the villain more than twice
Turned survivor of the fucking vice
But only because you didn't hold
Up your end of a simple bargain
Faking, changing, cursing what I though was love
And you still have the nerve to say
"I guess this means that you will stay?"

So I wrote you a poem channeling Shakespeare
Found a thousand metaphors for the bullshit you did here
And you tried to decipher it, but you were
Too focused on the rhyme scheme
To find a deeper meaning
I can't believe I ever put you on that higher shelf
You don't know the slightest thing about anyone but yourself
Oh god, I can't believe I fell for that

Don't tell me how I feel
I might have forgotten who I was
But I still know damn well
That you once offered me a deal
You said honesty for freedom
And I took it, I believed it
I broke my promise, crossed the line
Thought I'd win this, faked a high
Became the villain more than twice
Turned survivor of the fucking vice
But only because you didn't hold
Up your end of a simple bargain
Faking, changing, cursing what I though was love
And you still have the nerve to say
"I guess this means that you will stay?"

And I wanna scream:
"Don't you dare think that I'd ever come back to you!"
But there's a reason I wrote the words down
And didn't say them out loud

Cause I, I know how I feel
I might have forgotten who I was
But I still know damn well
That you once offered me a deal
You said honesty for freedom
And I took it, I believed it
I held my promise, saw the line
Thought I'd win this, felt a high
Became the lover more than twice
Turned criminal for the fucking vice
But then you went and didn't hold up
Your end of a simple bargain
Faking, changing, cursing what I though was love
And you still have the nerve to say
And you still have the nerve to say
I guess this means that you will stay?
I guess this means that you will stay?
Oh boy, by the time your read the lyrics to this song
I'm long gone