Cigarettes and Violets
Messed Up Melodies: Decoding Cigarettes and Violets
Lyrics
You smell like cigarettes and violets
You exude a combination of the scent of cigarettes and violets.
You invite me in but won't tell me your name
You welcome me into your life but keep your identity a secret.
Your hands held all the aces
Your abilities and skills were superior (holding all the aces).
Kings and queens but still you lost the game
Despite having advantages, you still ended up losing in life.
Messed up like a sunset
Your situation is messed up, comparable to a troubled sunset.
Too close to be a star
You're too close to be a star, facing difficulties.
Messed up like an actor
You're messed up like an actor stuck in the adult film industry.
That got stuck doing porn
Your life is messed up, skipping meals and surviving on popcorn.
Messed up skipping dinner
Your life is messed up, similar to a problematic song.
And living on popcorn
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Messed up like a song
-Right turn in the wrong lane
You made a wrong decision in life, taking a right turn in the wrong lane.
A quick fix but all your love's in vain
You seek quick solutions, but your love efforts are futile.
Best schools worst grades
You attended prestigious schools but performed poorly.
Sold out but baby forgot to get paid
You compromised your principles without receiving due compensation.
Messed up like the father
Your life is messed up like a father who failed to understand his son.
Who couldn't see the son
Your life is messed up like an outlaw blaming external factors for actions.
Messed up like an outlaw who blamed it on the gun
Your life is messed up like an in-law involved in questionable activities.
Messed up like an in-law
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Who did what one might
-We're messed up here tonight
We are collectively messed up in this situation tonight.
Well there's cops and shoppers on the hunt
There are police and shoppers actively seeking something.
I'm writing in a restaurant
The singer is writing in a restaurant setting.
A stranger taking orders asked me what I want
A stranger taking orders asks the singer what they want.
Told the secrets of the hope
The singer reveals secrets related to hope.
It seems
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Messed up like a martyr
Your life is messed up like a martyr, whether consumed straight or on the rocks.
Straight or on the rocks
Your life is messed up like the singer's mother, exhibiting both craziness and cunning.
Messed up like my mother
Your life is messed up like sunlight appearing too early in the singer's eyes.
Crazy like a fox
Your life is messed up like a prizefight where at least an effort could have been made.
Messed up like the sunlight
Your life is messed up like a system you once considered a sin.
Too early in my eyes
Your life is messed up like an earthquake that couldn't be contained.
Messed up like a prizefight
Your life is messed up like a birthday you can't remember the date of.
At least you could've tried
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Messed up like the system
-You used to call a sin
-Messed up like an earthquake
-You couldn't keep it in
-Messed up like a birthday
-I can't recall the date
-But you still love to hate
You continue to love something you also hate.
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