You Ruin Me
Masterpiece of Betrayal: You Ruin Me
Lyrics
Job well done
Expressing approval for a job well done.
Standing ovation
Giving a standing ovation, possibly sarcastically.
Yeah you got what you wanted
Acknowledging that the person achieved their goals.
I guess you won
Acknowledging the person's victory, implying a personal loss.
And I don't want to hear, they don't know you like I do
Rejecting others' opinions about the person, claiming deeper knowledge.
Even I could've told you
Expressing the ability to predict the person's actions.
But now we're done
Declaring the end of a relationship or connection.
'Cause you play me like a symphony
Describing the person's manipulation like a musical composition.
Play me till your fingers bleed
Emphasizing the intensity of the manipulation, suggesting pain.
I'm your greatest masterpiece
Portraying the speaker as a work of art, now tainted.
You ruin me
Expressing the impact of the person's actions on the speaker.
Later when the curtains drawn
Referring to a moment after the relationship, possibly loneliness.
And no one's there for you back home
Highlighting the absence of support for the person elsewhere.
Don't cry to me you played me wrong
Rejecting sympathy for the person's regrets.
You ruin me
Reiterating the damaging effect of the person on the speaker.
I know you thought
Awareness of the person's attempt to deceive.
That I wouldn't notice
Asserting the speaker's perceptiveness.
You were acting so strange
Noting the person's unusual behavior.
I'm no that dumb
Declaring the speaker's intelligence and refusal to be fooled.
And in the end I hope she was worth it
Suggesting the speaker's indifference to the person's choices.
I don't care if you loved me, you make me numb
Rejecting the importance of the person's past feelings.
'Cause you play me like a symphony
Repeating the analogy of manipulation as a symphony.
Play me till your fingers bleed
Emphasizing the continued impact of manipulation.
I'm your greatest masterpiece
Reiterating the speaker as a masterpiece, now marred.
You ruin me
Expressing the enduring damage caused by the person.
Play me when the card's drawn
Continuing the analogy in a different context (card game).
And no one's there for you back home
Highlighting the absence of support for the person elsewhere.
Don't cry to me you played me wrong
Rejecting sympathy for the person's regrets.
You ruin me
Reiterating the damaging effect of the person on the speaker.
We're that song you wouldn't sing
Describing the relationship as a song left unsung.
Just a broken melody
Portraying the relationship as a broken melody, symbolizing pain.
You're killing me
Expressing the destructive impact of the person on the speaker.
You play me like a symphony
Repeating the analogy of manipulation as a symphony.
Play me till your fingers bleed
Emphasizing the continued impact of manipulation.
I'm your greatest masterpiece
Reiterating the speaker as a masterpiece, now marred.
You ruin me
Expressing the enduring damage caused by the person.
And later when the curtains drawn
Referring to a moment after the relationship, possibly loneliness.
And no one's there for you back home
Highlighting the absence of support for the person elsewhere.
Don't cry to me you played me wrong
Rejecting sympathy for the person's regrets.
You ruin me
Reiterating the damaging effect of the person on the speaker.
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