[Verse 1]
You circle my name
On the back of your hand
Like a joke
Like a dare
Like a thing you can wash away
You talk in half-facts
Every word
Boomerang
Coming back
Coming back
Right between my eyes
[Chorus]
I was a mistake
You carved in pencil
Smudged me out when it got too real
I was a mistake
You keep re-drawing
Same wrong line you refuse to feel
I was a mistake
Say it again
Say it again till it tastes like truth
I was a mistake
But I’m not
Coming back to you
[Verse 2]
You spin your excuses
Like coins on the floor
Watch them wobble
Then fall
Then pretend you can’t hear the sound
You call it bad timing
I call it what it is
You chose the comfort of lies
Over anything we had
[Chorus]
I was a mistake
You carved in pencil
Smudged me out when it got too real
I was a mistake
You keep re-drawing
Same wrong line you refuse to feel
I was a mistake
Say it again
Say it again till it tastes like truth
I was a mistake
But I’m not
Crawling back to you
[Bridge]
Turn the volume up
On every ugly word
Let it crack
Let it burn
Let it stain the air
You don’t get my silence
You don’t get my rage
You just get the echo
Of the name you erased
[Chorus]
I was a mistake
You carved in pencil
Smudged me out when it got too real
I was a mistake
You keep re-drawing
Same wrong line you refuse to feel
I was a mistake
Say it again
Say it again till it tastes like truth
I was a mistake
Now I’m gone
And the error
Is you