The Abandoning [Lyrics]3/11/2020 These are the lyrics to "The Abandoning", the ninth song on my album The Work.
Listen on Spotify here. What was that Your father said The last time you saw him Before he left The words cut deep Into your chest Fourteen years old No armor yet And there you were Bleeding from your wounds And nobody came To your rescue So now I want to save And shelter you too But now it’s my turn To abandon you I heard it said That you and I Should never have been in love Should have never tried But you still gave Me everything Though he wasn’t there for you You were there for me And I could not Respect you more If you were king Of all the world You taught me how To love and live Showed me everything I can no longer give Oh what living hell is this world What kind of twisted game Where to the best man I have known I must prove the point you made I truly loved this man And I don’t think you ever did So fuck you for pretending And fuck all your attempts To convince him he was nothing To convince him he was bruised But he’s nothing like his father And I’m the one becoming you So I want to save And shelter you too But now it’s my turn
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