[Verse 1: Shonalika]

Take me to a place so loud I cannot hear

Bring your mouth closer to my ear

I can taste the tension on my tongue

Your heady perfume filled my lungs

Made me faint, and you were swept away

Whatever it was they did

I'd have to triple it to make you stay

Why did you lead me on?

I never could contend

We were destined to end

[Chorus: Shonalika]

For a moment

I dared to believe you might be different

Do things in an all new way

So take me out my coffin

The cycle never stopping

Let's break it together today

I dared to believe we might be different

Slip from mother nature's chains

But we all know the story

There's no role in it for me

Just another tired cliche

[Verse 2: Shonalika]

Shoulda known better than to try and alter culture

Deeper desires preside

They're under our skin

Unrelenting

Easier to give in

Happy ending

But it's just the way things are

We can't change our parts

Mine was just a side role from the start

You never could have been

Much more than a friend

You knew this then

Why pretend? Oh!

[Chorus: Shonalika]

For a moment

I dared to believe you might be different

Do things in an all new way

So take me out my coffin

The cycle never stopping

Let's break it together today

I dared to believe we might be different

Slip from mother nature's chains

But we all know the story

There's no role in it for me

Just another tired cliche

[Bridge: Hazel]

Whatever you get, consider it a bonus

Always second best

You’ll never be the focus

Convenient while it worked

She left the second that it hurt

So don't cling onto the notion

You were more than just a moment

Our top priority is someone who doesn’t yet exist

It's the traditional narrative

And such a shame that you don’t fit

But love is conditional

And you are not essential

Love is conditional

Yours inconsequential

[Chorus: Shonalika]

For a moment

I dared to believe you might be different

Do things in an all new way

So take me out my coffin

The cycle never stopping

Let's break it together today

I dared to believe we might be different

Slip from mother nature's chains

But we all know the story

There's no role in it for me

Just another tired cliche