Lil Nas X - MONTERO Album Lyrics

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MONTERO (Call Me By Your Name)

I caught it bad just today
You hit me with a call to your place
Ain't been out in a while anyway
Was hoping I could catch you throwin' smiles at my face
Romantic talking? You don't even have to try
You're cute enough to f*ck with me tonight
Lookin' at the table, all I see is weed and white
Baby, you livin' the life, but nigga, you ain't living right

Cocaine and drinking wit' your friends
You live in the dark, boy, I cannot pretend
I'm not fazed, only here to sin
If Eve ain't in your garden, you know that you can

Call me when you want
Call me when you need
Call me in the morning
I'll be on the way
Call me when you want
Call me when you need
Call me out by your name
I'll be on the way, like

Mm, mm, mm
Mm, mm, mm

Ayy, ayy
I wanna sell what you're buying
I wanna feel on your ass in Hawaii
I want that jet lag from f*ckin' and flyin'
Shoot a child in your mouth while I'm ridin'
Oh-oh, why me?
A sign of the times every time that I speak
A dime and a nine, it was mine every week
What a time, an incline, God was shining on me
Now I can't leave
And now I'm actin' hella elite
Never want the niggas that's in my league
I want to f*ck the ones I envy, I envy

Cocaine and drinking wit' your friends
You live in the dark, boy, I cannot pretend
I'm not fazed, only here to sin
If Eve ain't in your garden, you know that you can

Call me when you want
Call me when you need
Call me in the morning
I'll be on the way
Call me when you want
Call me when you need
Call me out by your name
I'll be on the way, (oh) like

Call me by your name
Tell me you love me in private
Call me by your name
I do not care if you lying

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DEAD RIGHT NOW

(Ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh)
(Ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh)

Breaker, breaker
911, somebody come get this bitch
Thinking you a star on the rise, you got time to reply
Don't lie, you can hit my shit

You can lend me five lil' niggas on the side, lil' nigga
Couple thou', need to fix my whip
How you switch sides on a nigga who was down with you, nigga?
You a fraud, just a fib my nig', my nig'

Oh-oh-oh-oh
You know I never did you wrong
Even though I'm right here by the phone, dawg
You know you never used to call
Keep it that way now

I'll treat you like you dead right now
I'm on your head right now
You want to f*ck with me so bad right now
Well now you can't right now, oh-oh-oh

2018, I was in my sister's house the whole summer (yeah)
Songs wasn't doing numbers (yeah)
Whole life was going under
Left school, then my dad and I had a face to face in Atlanta
He said, "It's one in a million chance, son"
I told him, "Daddy, I am that one-uh, uh-uh"

I ain't never need 'em, huh
I ain't never need no nigga, uh
I ain't never need no feature
If I didn't blow up, I woulda died tryna be here
If it didn't go, suicide, wouldn't be here
Now they all come around like they been here
When you get this rich and famous everybody come up to you singing

Hallelujah
How'd you do it?
You been on my mind
You been running through it, yeah (hallelujah)
Hallelujah
How'd you do it?
You been on my mind
You been running through it, yeah (yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah)

You know I never did you wrong
Even though I'm right here by the phone, dawg
You know you never used to call
Keep it that way now

I'll treat you like you dead right now
I'm on your head right now
You want to f*ck with me so bad right now
Well now you can't right now, oh-oh-oh

Mama told me she was gon' stop f*ckin' round with that nigga (f*ckin' 'round with that nigga)
Told me she was clean, but I'm knowing that her ass a deceiver
My mama told me that she love me, don't believe her
When she get drunk, she hit me up, mad with a fever like whoa

You ain't even all that pretty
You ain't even all that, nigga
You ain't helpin' out with' me, God won't forgive ya
Shit

You ain't even all that pretty
You ain't even all that, nigga
You ain't helpin' out with' me, God won't forgive ya
(Shit, shit, shit, damn, damn)

You know I never did you wrong
Even though I'm right here by the phone, dawg
You know you never used to call
Keep it that way now

I'll treat you like you dead right now
(I'll treat you like you're dead)
I'm on your head right now
You want to f*ck with me so bad right now
(Well now you can't)
Well now you can't right now, oh

Treat you like you dead right now
I'm on your head right now
You want to f*ck with me so bad right now
Well now you can't right now, oh-oh-oh

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INDUSTRY BABY

(Daytrip took it to ten, hey)

Baby back, ayy
Couple racks, ayy
Couple Grammys on him
Couple plaques, ayy
That's a fact, ayy
Throw it back, ayy
Throw it back, ayy

And this one is for the champions
I ain't lost since I began, yeah
Funny how you said it was the end, yeah
Then I went did it again, yeah

I told you long ago, on the road
I got what they waitin' for
I don't run from nothin', dog
Get your soldiers, tell 'em I ain't layin' low
You was never really rootin' for me anyway
When I'm back up at the top I wanna hear you say
He don't run from nothin', dog
Get your soldiers, tell 'em that the break is over

Uh, need to, uh
Need to get this album done
Need a couple number ones
Need a plaque on every song
Need me like one with Nicki now
Tell a rap nigga, "I don't see ya", ha
I'm a pop nigga like Bieber, ha
I don't f*ck bitches, I'm queer, ha
But these niggas bitches like Madea
Yeah, yeah, yeah (yeah)
Ayy, oh, let's do it
I ain't fall off, I just ain't release my new shit
I blew up now everybody tryna sue me
You call me Nas, but the hood call me Doobie, yeah

And this one is for the champions
I ain't lost since I began, yeah
Funny how you said it was the end, yeah
Then I went did it again, yeah

I told you long ago, on the road
I got what they waitin' for (I got what they waitin' for)
I don't run from nothin', dog
Get your soldiers, tell 'em I ain't layin' low
(Bitch, I ain't runnin' from no one)
You was never really rootin' for me anyway (like, ooh-ooh)
When I'm back up at the top I wanna hear you say (like, ooh-ooh)
He don't run from nothin', dog
Get your soldiers, tell 'em that the break is over

(Yeah)
My track record so clean
They couldn't wait to just bash me
I must be gettin' too flashy
Y'all shouldn't have let the world gas me (woo)
It's too late 'cause I'm here to stay
And these girls know that I'm nasty (mm)
I sent her back to her boyfriend
With my handprint on her ass cheek
City talkin', we takin' notes
Tell 'em all to keep makin' posts
Wish he could but he can't get close
OG so proud of me that he chokin' up while he makin' toasts
I'm the type that you can't control
Said I would then I made it so (so)
I don't clear up rumors (ayy)
Where's y'all sense of humor? (Ayy)
I'm done makin' jokes 'cause they got old like baby boomers
Turn my haters to consumers
I make vets feel like they juniors (juniors)
Say your time is comin' soon but just like Oklahoma (mm)
Mine is comin' sooner (mm)
I'm just a late bloomer (mm)
I didn't peak in high school, I'm still out here gettin' cuter (woo)
All these social networks and computers
Got these pussies walkin' 'round like they ain't losers (losers)

I told you long ago, on the road
I got what they waitin' for (I got what they waitin' for)
I don't run from nothin', dog
Get your soldiers, tell 'em I ain't layin' low
(Bitch, I ain't runnin' from no one)
You was never really rootin' for me anyway (like, ooh-ooh)
When I'm back up at the top I wanna hear you say (like, ooh-ooh)
He don't run from nothin', dog
Get your soldiers, tell 'em that the break is over

Yeah
I'm the industry baby, mm
I'm the industry baby
Yeah

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THATS WHAT I WANT

(One, two, three, four)

Need a boy who can cuddle with me all night
Keep me warm, love me long, be my sunlight
Tell me lies, we can argue, we can fight
Yeah, we did it before, but we'll do it tonight
That afro black boy with the gold teeth
He dark skin looking at me like he know me
I wonder if he got the G or the B
Let me find out and see, he comin' over to me, yeah

These days I'm way too lonely
I'm missin' out, I know
These days I'm way too alone
And I'm known for givin' love away but

I want (ah)
Someone to love me
I need (ah)
Someone who needs me
'Cause it don't feel right when it's late at night
And it's just me and my dreams
So I want (ah)
Someone to love
That's what I f*ckin' want

Look
You know it's harder to find in these times
But I got nothin' but love on my mind (my mind)
I need a baby while I'm in my prime
Need an adversary to my down and weary
Like tell me, "That's life" when I'm stressin' at night
Be like, "You'll be okay" and, "Everything is alright," uh
Love me or nothin' 'cause I'm not wanting anything
But your loving, your body, and a little bit of your brain

These days I'm way too lonely
I'm missin' out, I know
These days I'm way too alone
And I'm known for givin' love away but

I want (ah)
Someone to love me
I need (ah)
Someone who needs me
'Cause it don't feel right when it's late at night
And it's just me and my dreams
So I want (ah)
Someone to love
That's what I f*ckin' want

I want (ah)
Someone to love me
I need (ah)
Someone who needs me
'Cause it don't feel right when it's late at night
And it's just me and my dreams
So I want (ah)
Someone to love
That's what I f*ckin' want

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THE ART OF REALIZATION

I been drivin' a lot
Just drivin' in life
With no actual direction
Not heading towards any specific place
And it's like, for who?
Is it for me?
Am I happy?
(I like that sound)
I'm not sure (I'm not sure)
I'm, sure

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Scoop

[feat. Doja Cat]

[Lil Nas X]
I been workin' on my body
You ever seen a nigga hit pilates? (Ah)
No, I ain't feelin' sorry
Been in the kitchen bumpin' NASARATI
Shit, I been in the crib goin' crazy
I been movin' work on the daily
Baby, I ain't tryna be your baby
Understand, I'm just tryna be the daily

Scoop, scoop (Skrrt)
Scoop, scoop (Skrrt)
Scoop, scoop (Skrrt)
Scoop, scoop (Skrrt)

Blue stones at the kick back
They lookin' at my wrist, now watch it hit back
My ex hittin' my phone, tryna get back
Don't you hit me with that, "Miss you," I ain't with that
Now it's, he get flown, then he sit back
And I won't call on the phone if I hit that
And I'm tryna f*ck, lil' nigga, f*ck the chit-chat
I ain't talkin' guns when I ask where your dick at (Grrr)

I been workin' on my body
You ever seen a nigga hit pilates? (Ah)
No, I ain't feelin' sorry
Been in the kitchen bumpin' NASARATI
Shit, I been in the crib goin' crazy
I been movin' work on the daily
Baby, I ain't tryna be your baby
Understand, I'm just tryna be the daily

Scoop, scoop (Skrrt)
Scoop, scoop (Skrrt)
Scoop, scoop (Skrrt)
Scoop, scoop (Skrrt)

[Doja Cat]
Tomorrow is my day off (Okay)
All them rehеarsals got me tight, look at the payoff (Okay)
And now my body look like somеthing you'd eat cake off
I just got my veneers, now bitches wanna rip they face up
But you thought you'd have a chance after you wanna disrespect me?
Let him apologize, and eat it in a Bentley
He named my right cheek Jennifer and left one Lopez
Can't call me stupid with this big ol' f*ckin' forehead
Motherf*cker, let me

[Lil Nas X & Doja Cat]
Scoop, scoop (Okay, skrrt)
Scoop, scoop (Okay, skrrt)
Scoop, scoop (Skrrt)
Scoop, scoop (Skrrt)

[Lil Nas X]
I don't wanna li-i-ie
I really only need you for the ni-i-ight
No, I don't wanna li-i-ie
I really only need you for the ni-i-ight

Can I scoop, scoop? (Skrrt)
Scoop, scoop (Skrrt)
Scoop, scoop (Skrrt)
Scoop, scoop

Shit, I been workin' on my body, yeah (I been workin' on my body)
Workin' overtime to make sure I'll be the scoop
They gon' know me, scoop
Well, baby (D-D-Daytrip took it to ten, hey)

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ONE OF ME

I like this, I don't like that
Do this here, don't you do that
Say you one of me, say you one of me, yeah, yeah
Say you one of me, say you one of me, yeah, yeah

I like this, I don't like that
Do this here, don't you do that
Say you one of me, say you one of me, yeah, yeah
Say you one of me, say you one of me, yeah, yeah

Say you one of me
Say you need the validation
Tell me that you think you won't top your last creation
Word on the block is you fell off and I'm just sayin'
If it ain't "Old Town Road," Lil Nassy ain't playin'
Nigga, just stick to what you best at
I suggest make another one like this (huh), yeah
Oh, I know it hurt your soul to know it was only luck, huh
If you drop a song, nigga, we won't give a f*ck, no

I like this, I don't like that
Do this here, don't you do that
Say you one of me, say you one of me, yeah, yeah
Say you one of me, say you one of me, yeah, yeah

I like this, I don't like that
Do this here, don't you do that
Say you one of me, say you one of me, yeah, yeah
Say you one of me, say you one of me, yeah, yeah

You's a meme, you's a joke, been a gimmick from the go
All the things that you do just to get your face to show
Oh, you think you big shit, big pimpin'? Let me know
Ain't the next big thing, you the next thing to go
Now, can you prove yourself? Everybody waitin'
I'm just being real, it's 'cause somebody hatin'
I don't see you lastin' long, and that's just me bein' honest
Even if your album okay, it's floppin', that's a promise, oh

I like this, I don't like that
Do this here, don't you do that
Say you one of me, say you one of me, yeah, yeah
Say you one of me, say you one of me, yeah, yeah

I like this, I don't like that
Do this here, don't you do that
Say you one of me, say you one of me, yeah, yeah
Say you one of me, say you one of me, yeah, yeah

Oh, oh, oh
Oh, oh, oh
Oh, oh, oh
Oh, oh, oh

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LOST IN THE CITADEL

Tell me, are you feeling down?
Are you happy?
Do your dreams still seem in-bound?
Tell me, are we finished now?
'Cause every time you leave, you find a way to come back around

I need time to get up and get off the floor
I need time to realize that I can't be yours
I need time to give up just like before
I love it how you know I'll only come right back for more

My God, you're an angel
I only see you in your halo
I was hoping we could stay close
But we no longer sing the same notes

I remember when I met you
Thought the universe sent you
Thought you was someone I could vent to
So I hit you like what you getting into?

I need time to get up and get off the floor
I need time to realize that I can't be yours
I need time to give up just like before
I love it how you know I'll only come right back for more

Why I thought it was forever?
I only see you maybe never
Why I thought we'd be together
When you treat it like whatever

Yeah, yeah, yeah
My love for falling down
Playing the victim when all my envisionings
Come slowly tumbling down
Putting me back on that ground

I remember when I met you
Thought the universe sent you
Thought you was someone I could vent to
So I hit you like what you getting into?

I need time to get up and get off the floor
I need time to realize that I can't be yours
I need time to give up just like before
I love it how you know I'll only come right back for more

Tell me, are you feeling down?
Are you happy?
Do your dreams still seem inbound?
Tell me, are we finished now?
'Cause every time you leave, you find a way to come back around

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DOLLA SIGN SLIME

[Nessly]
D-D-Daytrip took it to ten (Hey)

[Lil Nas X]
Y'all take a rumor then y'all go and wear it out
F*ck all that talkin' 'bout who's and the whereabouts
I walk in Neiman's and Marcus, I'm buried out
Walk in the bank and say, "F*ck it, let's clear it out"

I'm the same dollar sign slime, they gon' hear me
I'm the same dollar sign slime, they gon' feel me
I'm the same dollar sign slime, yeah
I'm the same dollar sign slime, yeah

Yeah, album gone hit like it's '82
Got a new whip and it's navy blue (Navy blue)
Top of the game, only twenty-two
Look at me, nigga, thеn look at you (Look at you)
You just an opp and a flop of a nigga
I'm sorry that I gotta say the truth
Thought I went pop, but I popped on you niggas
Now I'm with thе hits like I'm Babe Ruth (Ah)
Bitch, I do not do labor (Uh-huh)
You know I done got too major (Ah)
Bought a new house, few acres (Uh-huh)
I done went and got new neighbours
So f*ck all that, "Nas, be considerate"
I'm really that nigga that's killin' it
Man, all of y'all niggas equivalent
I'm really that nigga that's different


Y'all take a rumor then y'all go and wear it out
F*ck all that talkin' 'bout who's and the whereabouts
I walk in Neiman's and Marcus, I'm buried out
Walk in the bank and say, "F*ck it, let's clear it out"

[Lil Nas X & Megan Thee Stallion]
I'm the same dollar sign slime, they gon' hear me
I'm the same dollar sign slime, they gon' feel me
I'm the same dollar sign slime, yeah
I'm the same dollar sign slime (Real hot girl shit, ayy)

[Megan Thee Stallion]
They can't stop me
Say I can't do it, bitch, watch me (Watch me)
All you lame hoes turned hatin' to a hobby
Damn, watchin' me gotta turn you on (Turn you on)
I should have my own category in porn
Ooh, I'm just such an obsession
Tea about me, your IG suggestions
Thick, no add-on prosthetics
Everything about me came from genetics (Yeah)
I been gettin' money, I ain't new to this
Miss one, catch one, I ain't new to fish
But if he throwin' that rod (That rod)
And I get hooked, then you doin' your job
Baby, all these hoes imitate me
You gon' f*ck a Stan or the real Slim Shady?
Toxic, suck his soul out, then block him
Got more cream than a sundae topping, ah


[Lil Nas X & Megan Thee Stallion]
I'm the same dollar sign slime (Same slime), they gon' hear me
I'm the same dollar sign slime (Same slime), they gon' feel me
I'm the same dollar sign slime, yeah
I'm the same dollar sign slime, yeah, yeah, yeah

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TALES OF DOMINICA

Woke up on the floor
Oh, this plastic bed don't blow up no more
In this broken home
Everyone becomes predictable

Oh, sometimes you're angry
Sometimes you're hurting
Sometimes you're all alone
Sometimes I'm anxious
Sometimes it makes me
Feel like there's only now

I've been livin' at my lowest, it's safe to say
Hope my little bit of hope don't fade away
I've been livin' on an island made from faith
Can't go runnin' back to home, I can't face her face

(Oh)
Finally grown (grown)
Ain't nothin' like I hoped it would be
Out on my own (own)
I'm floatin' in an oceanless sea
Could I be wrong? (Wrong)
Was everybody right about me?
Scary things in my head
I can't dream, and I just

Woke up on the floor
Oh, this plastic bed don't blow up no more (ooh)
In this broken home
Everyone becomes predictable

Oh, sometimes you're angry
Sometimes you're hurting
Sometimes you're all alone
Sometimes I'm anxious
Sometimes it makes me
Feel like there's only now

I've been livin' at my lowest, it's safe to say
Hope my little bit of hope don't fade away
I've been livin' on an island made from faith
Can't go runnin' back to home, I can't face her face

(Ooh)
(Ooh)

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SUN GOES DOWN

I wanna run away
Don't wanna lie, I don't want a life
Send me a gun
And I'll see the sun

I'd rather run away
Don't wanna lie, I don't want a life
Send me a gun
And I'll see the sun

You need an instant ease
From your life where you got plenty
Of every hurt and heartbreak
You just take it all to the face

I know that you want to cry
But it's much more to life than dying
Over your past mistakes
And people who threw dirt on your name

Since ten, I been feeling lonely
Had friends but they was picking on me
Always thinking why my lips so big
Was I too dark? Can they sense my fears?

These gay thoughts would always haunt me
I prayed God would take it from me
It's hard for you when you're fighting
And nobody knows it when you're silent

I'd be by the phone
Stanning Nicki morning into dawn
Only place I felt like I belonged
Strangers make you feel so loved, you know?

And I'm happy by the way
That I made that jump, that leap of faith
I'm happy that it all worked out for me
I'ma make my fans so proud of me (oh)

I wanna run away
Don't wanna lie, I don't want a life
Send me a gun
And I'll see the sun

I'd rather run away
Don't wanna lie, I don't want a life
Send me a gun
And I'll see the sun

You need an instant ease
From your life where you got plenty
Of every hurt and heartbreak
You just take it all to the face

I know that you want to cry
But it's much more to life than dying
Over your past mistakes
And people who threw dirt on your name

Oh-oh-oh
Oh-oh-oh
No more

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VOID

Hello, old friend from the road
I wanted to write a note
To let you know that all in all, it ain't all what it seems

I feel like I've hit a low
One I've never hit before
Lately I've been feeling small as the salt in the sea

Oh, it's so much to do in so little of time
I feel like I fell a little behind
Hold up
Hold up, hold up
It seems so much out of reach
The place I want to be
Whoever thought I'd get there anyway
Hold up
Hold up, hold up

I find it hard to get
Way too hard to live
Tell me what you know
Now, before I go

Oh, Blue
I wrote for you
To say I'm gonna run away from home
Oh, Blue
I love you too
But, today I'm gonna run away from home

Oh, I weep through the night
Can't find a love who loves me the same
Or as much as you do
Hold up
Hold up, hold up
Oh, I reach out my hand, hoping that they'll see
I'm more than what everyone tells me
Hold up
Hold up, hold up

See, I'm getting tired of the way I've been living
I'd rather die than to live with these feelings
Stuck in this world where there's so much to prove
Every win gives you more room to lose
It's too many ups and downs on the ride
I spent inordinate 'mounts of time
Trapped in a lonely, loner life
Looking for love where I'm denied

I find it hard to get
Way too hard to live
Tell me what you know
Now, before I go

Oh, Blue
I wrote for you
To say I'm gonna run away from home
Oh, Blue
I love you too
But, today I'm gonna run away from home

Away from home
Ah, oh
Today I'm gonna run away
Today I'm gonna run away

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DONT WANT IT

La, la, la, la
La, la, la, la

If I say so, know they gon' ride
I know G's, and you know they ain't nice
If I pop up, I'ma want it, but I get by
Tell the devil I can't have him inside
Tell the reaper he don't want it, he don't want it
Oh, I know everything's gonna be alright
Tell the reaper he don't want it, he don't want it
Oh, I know everything's gonna be alright

I smoked myself to sleep, I'm sad
I think I'm feelin' lonely
Took one too many shots last night
And I spent all my money
Started thinkin', "Am I stupid to be funny
Over things that's been hauntin' me all my life?"
And I'm f*ckin' living proof that if you want it
You can have anything right before your eyes

And the award goes to Lil Nas X
Lil Nas X, Lil Nas X
Lil Nas X, Lil Nas X
The number one song on the Billboard Hot 100
"Call Me By Your Name," by Lil Nas X

I wanted fame and I wanted riches
Wanted happiness, wanted forgiveness
Started focusin' on all these wishes
Crazy how this shit come to fruition
I've done things in my past I'm sorry for
So please don't hold me
Old people in my life should know that
I am not the old me

If I say so, know they gon' ride (gon' ride)
I know G's, and you know they ain't nice
If I pop up, I'ma want it, but I get by (get by)
Tell the devil I can't have him inside
Tell the reaper he don't want it, he don't want it
Oh, I know everything's gonna be alright
Tell the reaper he don't want it, he don't want it
Oh, I know everything's gonna be alright

Whoa, whoa
Whoa, whoa

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LIFE AFTER SALEM

All of my feelings are gone
I left 'em all on the floor
Man, who's to blame if you don't love me no more?
No, I don't mind, just take whatever you want

Why don't you just take what you want from me?
I think you should take what you want and leave
Why don't you just take what you want from me?
I think you should take what you want and leave

What you want from me? Yeah
What you want from me? Yeah

Get yourself an Adderall
Then throw me up against the wall
And kick me when I have to crawl
Ooh, I love it when you show no love at all
You know I can be your part-time lover
Our scars, they'll dance with each other
I can be your part-time lover
Our scars, they'll dance with each other

Why don't you just take what you want from me?
I think you should take what you want and leave
Why don't you just take what you want from me?
I think you should take what you want and leave

What you want from me? Yeah
What you want from me? Yeah

You're changin'
You're changin' every day
You played me
I let you win again
You're changin'
You're changin' every day
And you're takin'
You're takin' everything

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AM I DREAMING

Every song
Every dream filled with hell from beyond
As I'm sinkin', I relive the story
Every try
Every breakthrough and every cry
As I'm sinkin', I relive the story

Oh, never forget me
And everything I've done
Oh, never forget me
Like I'm your favorite song
I'm fadin' replayin'
These thoughts I thought while sinkin' down
Oh, never forget me
And everything I've done

Tears running dry
Shattered inside, but I still gotta smile
As I'm sinkin', I relive the story
Glitter comes off
Battered and blue, but I gotta go on
As I'm singing, I rewrite my story

Oh, never forget me
And everything I've done
Oh, never forget me
Like I'm your favorite song
I'm fadin' (fadin') replayin' (mm)
These thoughts I thought while sinkin' down
Oh, never forget me
And everything I've done