[Verse 1]
Candles on the table
cards spread like fallen teeth
You laugh, then you go quiet
when Death turns up with The Lovers beneath
You trace my broken timeline
say, “You already knew”
Ink stains on your fingers
cold hands, warmer truth
[Chorus]
Read me like a tarot, tear it apart
You say it’s in the picture, not in my heart
Every little symbol screaming my fate
But I’m still choosing you, even if it’s too late
(oh, I’m still choosing you)
[Verse 2]
You pull The Tower slowly
like you’re sorry for the storm
I joke about surviving
but my voice won’t hold its form
You flip The Hanged Man over
say, “You’re stuck on what we were”
I’m upside down in memory
and every card just blurs
[Chorus]
Read me like a tarot, tear it apart
You say it’s in the picture, not in my heart
Every little symbol screaming my fate
But I’m still choosing you, even if it’s too late
[Bridge]
[Female vocal, ghostlike, behind the lead]
All these suits and secrets
crowns and cups and knives
We keep drawing endings
while we cling to our lives
[Male & female unison]
If destiny’s a circle
then meet me at the start
Shuffle all the omens
till the deck forgets my heart
[Chorus]
Read me like a tarot, tear it apart
You say it’s in the picture, not in my heart
Every little symbol screaming my fate
But I’m still choosing you, even if it’s too late
(still choosing you)