on the road to ruin!

“ I’VE BEEN LOOKING OUT FOR MYSELF FOR 500 YEARS. “

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Direct

“I’m sorry, have we met?” “You remind me of someone, but I can’t remember who.” “I feel like I’ve seen you before.” “There’s something so familiar about you.” “Am I the only one getting intense deja vu?” “I feel like I’ve seen you somewhere before.” “Do you believe in reincarnation?” “Maybe we remember each other from a past life.” “Have we done this before…?” “For some reason I feel like I know you already.” “Perhaps we’re connected by Fate.”

Indirect

❛ i didn’t know where else to go. ❜

❛ i’ll never be that me again. ❜

❛ you can still be good. ❜

❛ i thought you’d be here. ❜

❛ don’t act like you know me. ❜

❛ because i care about you, okay? ❜

❛ it wasn’t supposed to end like this. ❜

❛ i was scared. i thought you had lost your way. ❜

❛ am i supposed to just let you go? ❜

❛ you deserve better than me. ❜

❛ don’t make me do this. ❜

❛ i’m not who you think i am. ❜

❛ you don’t mean that. ❜

❛ please just hold me. ❜

❛ i don’t want to understand, i want you to stay. ❜

❛ and why should i care? ❜

❛ you look awful. ❜

❛ i can’t do this without you. ❜

❛ don’t let me lose you too. ❜

❛ for what it’s worth, i really am sorry. ❜

❛ it’s not your fault. ❜

❛ i don’t know who i am anymore. ❜

❛ is this the part where you kick me out? ❜

❛ don’t we deserve to be happy? ❜

❛ promise me you’ll still be here when i wake up. ❜

❛ you can’t save everyone. ❜

❛ it was a nightmare, that’s all. ❜

❛ it’s just a scratch, don’t worry. ❜

❛ you know me better than i know myself. ❜

❛ don’t go where i can’t follow. ❜

❛ you’re better off without me. ❜

❛ we all die alone. ❜

❛ people get hurt if they get too close to me. ❜

❛ i hate what i’ve become. ❜

❛ i’m not going anywhere. ❜

❛ is there anything i can do to help? ❜

❛ i don’t even recognize you anymore. ❜

❛ who did this to you? ❜

❛ please don’t leave me. ❜

❛ oh, now you care? ❜

❛ don’t come any closer! ❜

❛ i missed you so much. ❜

❛ you don’t have to say anything. ❜

❛ do you want me to leave? ❜

❛ why are you avoiding me? ❜

❛ you could have died, you know. ❜

❛ i wish you were here. ❜

❛ you’re not alone. i’m staying right here. ❜

❛ i can be your family. ❜

❛ of course i’m here. where else would i be? ❜

❛ we just can’t seem to get it right, huh? ❜

❛ don’t look at me like that. ❜

❛ don’t push me away again. ❜

❛ this wasn’t how it was supposed to go. ❜

❛ you’re leaving already? ❜

❛ this was a mistake. ❜

The 1

❛  if you wanted me, you really should’ve showed ❜

❛   if you never bleed, you’re never gonna grow ❜

❛   And if my wishes came true, it would’ve been you ❜

❛   In my defense, I have none ❜ 

Cardigan   

❛   When you are young, they assume you know nothing ❜ 

❛   But I knew you ❜ 

❛   kiss it better ❜ 

❛   Marked me like a bloodstain ❜ 

❛   You drew stars around my scars ❜ 

❛   I knew you’d haunt all of my what-ifs ❜ 

❛   I knew you’d come back to me ❜     

The last great american dynasty 

❛   There’s only so far new money goes ❜ 

❛   There goes the maddest woman this town has ever seen ❜ 

❛   She had a marvelous time ruining everything ❜ 

❛   Fifty years is a long time ❜ 

❛   Free of women with madness, their men and bad habits ❜ 

❛   I had a marvelous time ruining everything❜ 

Exile

❛   I think I’ve seen this film before  ❜

❛   I didn’t like the ending.  ❜ 

❛   I’m not your problem anymore  ❜ 

❛   You were my crown   ❜ 

❛   Now I’m in exile, seein’ you out  ❜ 

❛   You didn’t even hear me out  ❜ 

❛   You never gave a warning sign  ❜ 

❛   I gave so many signs  ❜ 

❛   I never learned to read your mind  ❜ 

My tears ricochet 

❛   And if I’m on fire, you'll be made of ashes, too ❜ 

❛   I didn’t have it in myself to go with grace  ❜ 

❛   Look at how my tears ricochet  ❜ 

❛   We gather stones, never knowing what they’ll mean  ❜ 

❛   Cause when I’d fight, you used to tell me I was brave ❜ 

❛   And you can aim for my heart, go for blood.   ❜ 

❛   I can go anywhere I want, just not home ❜ 

❛   But you would still miss me in your bones  ❜ 

illicit affairs

❛   Make sure nobody sees you leave  ❜ 

❛   Take the road less traveled by, tell yourself you can always stop  ❜ 

❛   Take the words for what they are  ❜ 

❛   that’s the thing about illicit affairs  ❜ 

❛   They show their truth one single time  ❜ 

❛   Look at this godforsaken mess that you made me ❜ 

❛   You showed me colors you know I can’t see with anyone else ❜ 

❛   Look at this idiotic fool that you made me  ❜ 

❛   You taught me a secret language I can’t speak with anyone else  ❜ 

❛   And you know damn well, for you, I would ruin myself a million little times. ❜ 

Betty

❛   Would you have me? Would you want me? ❜ 

❛   The worst thing that I ever did was what I did to you ❜ 

❛   Would you tell me to go fuck myself ❜ 

❛   would you trust me if I told you it was just a summer thing? ❜ 

❛  I don’t know anything but I know I miss you ❜ 

❛   I dreamt of you all summer long  ❜ 

❛   The only thing I wanna do is make it up to you ❜ 

Hoax

❛   My only one ❜ 

❛   Your faithless love’s the only hoax I believe in  ❜ 

❛  Don't want no other shade of blue but you  ❜ 

❛   No other sadness in the world would do  ❜ 

❛   I am ash from your fire  ❜ 

❛  You knew it still hurts underneath my scars ❜ 

❛   My kingdom come undone  ❜