You're in every picture together
I am every picture of a bad decision
You are trying to assume a crass position
I have been untouched since I was in high school
You keep on insisting that you'll be the exception
I got tense and weird when you asked for that present
Because I didn't know if you actually meant it
I know that sometimes I can seem like a robot
But you're the one who asked for mechanical pleasure
Something isn't right and it's probably me
My head feels so infected like a rotten disease
And I'm not in the market for a casual nurse
I'm always so impatient and I'm shaking my knees
I cancel plans and you get mad
You tell me you're the best I've had
But you don't know what's best for me
But neither do I baby
And I don't mean to call you that
'Cause I don't want to hear it back
I tell you I'm the worst you've known
But you won't leave me alone
I'm an absolute contradiction
You're a mighty problem that is lacking a solvent
I am someone that is trying to avoid your involvement
You can kiss me there but I can't say that I'll like it
Even though it stayed unkissed while I went to college
I said I would never be with someone who's blacked out
You said that you'd sober up for me if you had to
Wouldn't be the first time I've heard that resolution
Then caught a person doing drugs inside of the bathroom
I don't have trusting issues, just an issue with trust
'Cause when I like someone I wanna hurl up my guts
And every time there's someone who is bound to just panic
At least it's good to know that it was not me for once
I cancel plans and you get mad
You tell me you're the best I've had
But you don't know what's best for me
But neither do I baby
And I don't mean to call you that
'Cause I don't want to hear it back
I tell you I'm the worst you've known
But you won't leave me alone
The mouth you've chosen to kiss my lips with stings like pieces of broken glass
The words you've chosen to reel me in with only make me recoil back
One day I'll stop speaking in metaphors and codes but don't wait up
You're like a simile assimilating to each bud on my tongue
I cancel plans and you get mad
You tell me you're the best I've had
But you don't know what's best for me
But neither do I baby
And I don't mean to call you that
'Cause I don't want to hear it back
I tell you I'm the worst you've known
But you won't leave me alone
And I don't mean to call you that
'Cause I don't want to hear it back
I tell you I'm the worst you've known
But you won't leave me alone
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