SAME

SAME AS THA LAST [Intro — 8 bars | low, restrained delivery] Different face, same ending Different night, same tension I keep sayin’ she’s tha problem Like I ain’t learned my lesson [Chorus — 8 bars | melodic, open delivery] She got a new name, same look in her eyes I got a new lie, same truth in disguise She says I’m just like tha man she despised I say, “You’re like my ex,” then act surprised Same cold silence, different room Same slammed doors and a new perfume She’s tha same as tha last, I ain’t changed either We call it love ’cause tha lie sounds sweeter [Verse 1 — 16 bars | controlled, conversational melody] Her phone facedown on tha side of my bed Same short replies tha last one always said I ask what changed; she looks down, shakes her head I hear old fights in each new word instead She keeps one shoe pointed out at tha door I make tha same joke I made once before She says, “You don’t listen”; I start keepin’ score Then lose her by provin’ I’m right once more I compare every move to somebody gone She sees her old ending in all that I’ve done We judge what we have by what others did wrong Then wonder why nothin’ new lasts very long I tell her, “You’re different,” whenever she cries Then treat her tha same when she catches my lies She got tha same hurt beneath all her pride And I got tha same fear I keep locked inside [Chorus — 8 bars | fuller, same lead voice] She got a new name, same look in her eyes I got a new lie, same truth in disguise She says I’m just like tha man she despised I say, “You’re like my ex,” then act surprised Same cold silence, different room Same slammed doors and a new perfume She’s tha same as tha last, I ain’t changed either We call it love ’cause tha lie sounds sweeter [Verse 2 — 16 bars | more exposed, gradually intensifying] I know every ending before it begins I leave little exits and call ’em defense I ask for her trust while I sit on tha fence Then punish her doubt like it don’t make sense I keep old messages deep in my phone Not ’cause I miss her—I hate bein’ alone When new love gets close, I turn into stone Then blame her for makin’ my house feel like home I hate when she mirrors tha worst part of me Tha things I accuse her of started with me She asks for one change; I say, “Wait and see” Then sell her a man that I’ll never be I keep callin’ it fate when tha cycle repeats Like fate made me lie every time she needs peace She’s tha same as tha last in tha ways that I see I haven’t changed either—that pattern is me [Final Chorus — 8 bars | strongest delivery, no extra layering] She got a new name, same look in her eyes I got a new lie, same truth in disguise She says I’m just like tha man she despised I say, “You’re like my ex,” then act surprised Same cold silence, different room Same slammed doors and a new perfume She’s tha same as tha last, I ain’t changed either We call it love ’cause tha lie sounds sweeter