(Intro)(Spoken word, low tone, heavy echo)Check the tape... that's not how it went down.(Ad-libs: Mm-mm, yeah, here we go again...)(Heavy, slow drum beat drops in)
(Verse 1)I walked into the room with the receipts in my handJust looking for the truth, trying to make you understandI spoke in quiet tones, kept my anger on a chainBut the moment that I pointed to the source of my painThe temperature dropped, your eyes turned to stoneSuddenly the crime was that I dared to bring it homeYou looked me in the face and you washed it all awayLike the words I heard you say were never spoken in the day
(Pre-Chorus)(Beat slows down, bass cuts out, just a echoing piano)
First comes the wall, the curtain goes downYou swear it never happened, you pull a brand new history around(Ad-lib: No, not me...)
(Chorus)(Heavy 808 bass hits hard, emotional soul vocals)
D-A-R-V-O, you play it down to the letter
Spinning every story just to make yourself look betterDeny the damage, Attack my nameFlip the whole script till I’m the one to blame!(Scream vocals) I brought you the truth!And now you’re crying in the corner, acting brand newReversing the roles, turning light into darkLeaving me bleeding from the fires you spark(Ad-lib: How am I the bad guy now?)
(Verse 2)(Rap delivery, sharp and fast over a driving trap beat)Step two of the manual, you go on the defenseCalling me crazy, saying I make no senseYou drag my character, you dig up the past
Throwing mud at the mirror hoping something will lastYou make me out to be cruel, aggressive, and coldFor simply repeating the lies that you toldIt’s a venomous dance, a psychological trapYou push me to the edge then expect me to collapse(Pre-Chorus)(Beat strips back again, high-pitched vocal harmonies)You shift the focus, you bleed on the floorSuddenly I’m the one apologizing at the door(Ad-lib: Why am I saying sorry?)
(Chorus)(Full energy, heavy bass, passionate soul delivery)
D-A-R-V-O, you play it down to the letterSpinning every story just to make yourself look betterDeny the damage, Attack my name
Flip the whole script till I’m the one to blame!(Scream vocals) I did nothing wrong!And now you’re crying in the corner, acting brand newReversing the roles, turning light into darkLeaving me bleeding from the fires you spark
(Bridge)(Slowing down, atmospheric, very dark R&B feel)It’s a masterclass in madness, a twilight zoneWhere the person who hurt you claims they’re all aloneYou hold up a shield made of tears and deceitForce-feeding me a reality I refuse to eatI see the trap now, I see the whole gameI’m letting go of the guilt, I’m dropping the shame
(Outro)(Beat fades out to just the low 808 thumping like a heartbeat)Keep your fiction. Keep your rewritten script.I’m untangling my hands from the ropes where they slipped.(Scream lyric, raw and sharp)I’m not the monster here!(Piano plays one last chords, echoing out)Deny... Attack... Reverse...Not this time.(Silence)