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Was something that I loved, but its killed me inside
It isnt deep - just pretentious
That something sweet like sugar
Fell into hedonism and temptation
Waywardly - drastically
Cautious now youve got me
Ive led heathens into saints and introduced new vices
That something sweet can be so
intoxicating -
I want to feel this inebriation - sedated and saturated
Numb to everything so
Elated and elevated
So theyve seemed to disappear, or was I really there?
If its all just lights and mirrors, a reminder that everything is fading and Ill
Spend time trying to fix things - these
Elusive - bittersweet illusions that I would chase
And ive spent time trying to fix things -
Elusive - bittersweet, I got use to the taste
That something pure as water can become toxic
I will offer you wine if you want it - I keep an abundance in case I start to
come down - instead I fell in love with
The illusions of light and sound -
Fading into the background of it
That something sweet can be so -
Devastating and overtaking as a temptation - woah
My tolerance plays against me - yet still Ive landed
Only a few times lately so -
Calculated and
Saturated, will you
Masquerade like youre not a charlatan
It isnt deep - just pretentious
That something sweet as fruit for you has been forbidden
It isnt sweet - just deceptive
Were just playing out our parts and acting like we arent
If fates easily tricked by the devil;
Than persuasion is a gift thats best taken for granted
And Ive spent time trying to fix things
This elusive - deceiving illusion that everythings predetermined
And Ive spent time trying to fix things
These elusive bittersweet conclusions that I would face
And Ive spent time trying to fix things
This elusive bittersweet illusion that I would chase
And Ive spent time trying to fix things
This elusive bittersweet reminder that everything is fading and I will