pretext

By Capstan

On SEPARATE

Released on July 23, 2021

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[Verse 1]

No control

Impulsivity will swallow whole

Any chance to repent or atone

For all the harm that I've done


[Pre-Chorus]

Selfishly, I try to tell myself that I was someone else


[Chorus]

You gave me all you had

But I kept looking back

Ignoring all of the facts

I led us both so far along

I knew that I was wrong

More scared of being alone

Than leaving you so scarred


[Verse 2]

I wouldn't let you go

I dug my claws in deep

I watched the light depart

From your eyes pleading so softly

I know that we will kill the things we love

It's a curse in our blood


[Chorus]

You gave me all you had

But I kept looking back

Ignoring all of thе facts

I led us both so far along

I knew that I was wrong

More scarеd of being alone

Than leaving you so scarred

Selfishly, I try to tell myself

That I was someone else

You gave me all you had

I wish I gave it back

But I burnt us to ash


[Bridge]

I set the fire

Down to your core

Throughout your soul

And I left you there

Atop the pyre

Smoldering

On the coals

I caused this on my own

On my own


[Chorus]

You gave me all you had

But I kept looking back

Ignoring all of the facts

I led us both so far along

I knew that I was wrong

More scared of being alone

Than leaving you so scarred

Selfishly, I try to tell myself

That I was someone else

You gave me all you had

I wish I gave it back

But I burnt us to ash