ARTERIAL WOUNDS

## VERSE 1

Heavy empathy, pierces me

Dagger stuck in my soul's artery

You dance ceremoniously

I retreat from life as my soul pleas

Ma would call it sad, others'd call me weak

Those same fuckers wouldn't walk in my shoes, wouldn't last a week

So fuck you, you only think about yourself

Fuck you, with no care about anyone else

Fuck you, and your patterns I uncovered

And fuck this, don't know why I even bother

## CHORUS (x2)

With a bitch like you

Left me in the ditch, took my shoes

Tied a noose, wasn't loose

Don't be obtuse, said I was recluse

Not muthafucken free-use

## VERSE 2

Toxic love flowing through my veins

Your memory, a constant persistent pain

Built walls around my heart, reinforced with chains

But still your poison somehow remains

Sleepless nights spent in cold sweats

Replaying moments I cannot forget

The trust I gave that you betrayed

The future plans that you unmade

Shattered pieces of what could have been

Another lesson in trusting again

Thought you were different, that's what hurts the most

Now just another painful ghost

## BRIDGE

They say time heals but the clock moves slow

When you're stuck inside the afterglow

Of a love that burned too bright, too fast

Making promises that wouldn't last

Now I'm left with scars that won't fade away

Reminders of the price I had to pay

## CHORUS (x2)

With a bitch like you

Left me in the ditch, took my shoes

Tied a noose, wasn't loose

Don't be obtuse, said I was recluse

Not muthafucken free-use

## VERSE 3

Rising from ashes of what we were

Stronger now than I ever was with her

Your daggers couldn't pierce my core

Despite the wounds, despite the war

You waged against my self-esteem

Tried to crush every single dream

But watch me now as I reclaim

Everything you tried to take, the shame

You placed on me no longer sticks

Your toxic spell no longer tricks

My better self into submission

I'm through with giving you permission

To occupy space in my head

Consider this connection dead

Heavy empathy now protects me

From those who aim to disconnect me

## CHORUS (x2)

With a bitch like you

Left me in the ditch, took my shoes

Tied a noose, wasn't loose

Don't be obtuse, said I was recluse

Not muthafucken free-use