Lyrics
[INTRO] [Verse 1 - Female Alto] [FEMALE] I saw a look that wasn't there, [FEMALE] So I decided you betrayed me. [FEMALE] I built a crime inside my head, [FEMALE] Then made damn sure you fucking paid me. [FEMALE] I never needed any proof. [FEMALE] Suspicion worked just fine. [FEMALE] If truth didn't fit my story, [FEMALE] Then truth became the lie. [Verse 2 - Male Baritone] [MALE] Everybody warned me, [MALE] Every friend could see the smoke. [MALE] I called concern betrayal [MALE] While you tightened up the rope. [MALE] One by one I pushed them from me [MALE] Till your voice became the rule. [MALE] You said the lies until I wondered [MALE] If maybe I was cruel. [Chorus - Female Alto] [FEMALE] Poison the well, poison the well, [FEMALE] Call you crazy before you can tell. [FEMALE] Turn every wound into something you caused, [FEMALE] Make you the sinner and hide all my flaws. [FEMALE] Poison the well, poison the well, [FEMALE] Smile while I drag your name through hell. [FEMALE] I don't need truth, I just need control. [FEMALE] Make them doubt you and protect my role. [Chorus Response - Male Baritone] [MALE] I was the last man to know, [MALE] Last one still calling it love. [MALE] Everybody saw the smoke, [MALE] I kept saying it was dust. [MALE] You put your sins in my name, [MALE] Made me carry all the blame. [MALE] I was the last man to know. [MALE] Now I know your fucking game. [Verse 3 - Female Alto] [FEMALE] Now I tell him you're a monster, [FEMALE] Dangerous, sick, obsessed. [FEMALE] Make him hate you just enough [FEMALE] He'll never trust what you confess. [FEMALE] Then when we start fighting, [FEMALE] Guess whose number lights my phone? [FEMALE] I run to the monster I warn them about [FEMALE] So I don't have to hurt alone. [FEMALE] I'll take your ride, take your comfort, [FEMALE] Then go home and change the tale. [FEMALE] If he thinks that I might leave him, [FEMALE] You're the weapon that I wave. [Verse 4 - Male Baritone] [MALE] That's the part that finally shows it: [MALE] Every story splits in two. [MALE] I'm a monster when you're talking, [MALE] But safe enough when you need rescue. [MALE] You hide the hours that you spend here, [MALE] Hide the rides and things you say. [MALE] Then poison who I am in public [MALE] So my truth gets turned away. [MALE] If anyone believed me, [MALE] They might start comparing notes. [MALE] So you burned my name in public [MALE] While in private keeping me close. [Verse 5 - Female Alto] [FEMALE] Come get me. We had another fight. [FEMALE] Maybe tonight I'll stay with you. [FEMALE] Maybe we can finally touch again. [FEMALE] Just get me out. You know what to do. [FEMALE] Ask me later, I'll deny it. [FEMALE] "Why is sex all that you hear?" [FEMALE] "I was stressed. I didn't mean it." [FEMALE] Then shame you for believing I was sincere. [Verse 6 - Male Baritone] [MALE] You're my serotonin poison, [MALE] One warm hit, then weeks of pain. [MALE] One second feeling wanted, [MALE] Then remembering everything again. [MALE] About once a month the screen lights up [MALE] When your other life goes wrong. [MALE] Lonely, angry, broke or hurting, [MALE] Suddenly I'm where you belong. [MALE] I've been alone since I escaped you. [MALE] You built another life somewhere. [MALE] Still I'm the monster that you run to [MALE] When you need somebody who'll care. [Bridge - Female Alto] [FEMALE] Then don't answer. Let it ring. [FEMALE] Nobody makes you come for me. [FEMALE] If you know exactly what I am, [FEMALE] Why don't you finally let me be? [FEMALE] If guilt won't get you moving, [FEMALE] I can make my pain your blame. [Bridge Response - Male Baritone] [MALE] I know. That's what makes it worse. [MALE] Knowing doesn't kill attachment. [MALE] I can finally tell you no, [MALE] But surviving doesn't end it. [MALE] I picture you somewhere hurting [MALE] And feel like I'm the one who's cold. [MALE] I know exactly why I left you, [MALE] Still my heart won't let you go. [Final Chorus - Female Alto] [FEMALE] Poison the well, poison the well, [FEMALE] Get there first and rewrite what I tell. [FEMALE] Call you a monster, then run to your door. [FEMALE] Take what I need, then condemn you once more. [FEMALE] Poison the well, poison the well, [FEMALE] Keep them from hearing the truth you could tell. [FEMALE] I don't need truth, I just need control. [FEMALE] Keep you as shelter while poisoning your role. [Final Chorus Response - Male Baritone] [MALE] I was the last man to know, [MALE] But I'm not that blind anymore. [MALE] I'm the monster in your stories, [MALE] Still the refuge at your door. [MALE] You can promise, beg, or blame. [MALE] You can say my fucking name. [MALE] I was the last man to know. [MALE] Tonight I'm not playing your game. [Outro] [FEMALE] Are you coming? [MALE] No. [FEMALE] Fine. I'll remember that. [MALE] There it is. [MALE] The punishment for saying no. [END]