Toy
Breaking Free from a Broken Game
Lyrics
Midnight at the bar downtown
Setting the scene: Midnight at a downtown bar
You get up say you're gonna grab me a drink
Narrator's partner offers to get a drink
I can see your eyes darting around
Narrator notices partner's eyes wandering
Checking out some girl as you bite your lip
Partner checks out another girl and bites lip
You think I didn't see it
Narrator sees partner's actions
You ain't acting slick
Narrator points out partner's lack of subtlety
You tend to get defensive
Partner becomes defensive
I'm smarter than you wish
Narrator asserts intelligence
I'm not your little toy
Declaration: Narrator is not a toy
You can't use me to fill that void
Partner can't use narrator to fill emotional void
All you do is destroy
Accusation: Partner destroys things
That's what you choose when you have a choice
Choice to destroy when having the option
Can't have me when you decide you want me
Partner can't have narrator at will
Throw me away when you get bored of me
Narrator won't be discarded when partner is bored
You're acting like a little boy
Partner's behavior likened to a little boy
But I am not your little toy
Reiteration: Narrator is not a toy
No
Confirmation: No
Next morning you take a shower
Next morning, partner showers
See a random text light up your phone
Partner receives a suspicious text
I bring it up and we fight for hours
Argument about the text, second day in a row
Now this is two days in a row
Repetition of the pattern
You think I didn't see it
Narrator notices partner's behavior
You ain't acting slick
Narrator comments on partner's lack of subtlety
You tend to get defensive
Partner becomes defensive again
I'm smarter than you wish
Narrator asserts intelligence once more
I'm not your little toy
Reiteration: Narrator is not a toy
You can't use me to fill that void
Partner can't use narrator to fill emotional void
All you do is destroy
Accusation: Partner destroys things
That's what you choose when you have a choice
Choice to destroy when having the option
Can't have me when you decide you want me
Partner can't have narrator at will
Throw me away when you get bored of me
Narrator won't be discarded when partner is bored
You're acting like a little boy
Reiteration: Partner acts like a little boy
but I am not your little toy no
Final assertion: Narrator is not a toy
I'm not your little toy no
Reiteration: Narrator is not a toy
What a shame you don't have a heart
Critique: Partner lacks a heart
It ain't gonna get you far
Prediction: Lack of heart won't lead partner far
I won't give you want you want
Refusal: Narrator won't give partner what they want
This is the last straw
Declaration: This is the last straw
This is the last straw
Repetition: This is the last straw
I'm not your little toy
Reiteration: Narrator is not a toy
You can't use me to fill that void
Partner can't use narrator to fill emotional void
All you do is destroy
Accusation: Partner destroys things
That's what you choose when you have a choice
Choice to destroy when having the option
Can't have me when you decide you want me
Partner can't have narrator at will
Throw me away when you get bored of me
Narrator won't be discarded when partner is bored
You're acting like a little boy
Reiteration: Partner acts like a little boy
But I am not your little toy no
Final assertion: Narrator is not a toy
I'm not your little toy
Reiteration: Narrator is not a toy
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