you set the fire
Embers of Regret: Zina Win-Lemmers' Haunting Tale of Broken Promises
Lyrics
You said you'd stop drinking
You promised to quit drinking.
When you learnt the thoughts i was thinking
You made that promise when you understood my inner thoughts.
I cut you off for a reason
I ended our connection for a specific reason.
I can't pretend i like a man who spends his week like his weekends
I cannot pretend to like a man who spends his weekdays the same way as his weekends.
I played a role for too long
I played a role for too long.
Couldn't tell my friends what was going on
I couldn't confide in my friends about what was happening.
I laid the plates on the cloth
I set the table with plates on the cloth.
I stayed like nothing was wrong
I acted as if nothing was wrong.
You set the fire
You caused the turmoil.
But you won't notice til the house is burnt, burnt
You won't realize the damage until the house is completely burned.
I'm getting tired of you talking over my words, words
I'm becoming weary of you constantly interrupting my words.
One second chance turned to twenty
A second chance turned into twenty chances.
You don't know what school i'm attending
You don't even know which school I attend.
I never snuck out to the party
I never sneaked out to parties.
But you always leave without a warning
But you always left without a warning.
And now the others stopped trying
Others stopped trying to help because you can't assist someone who doesn't want it.
You can't help someone who doesn't want it
I wrote a poem on the carpet but never had the courage to read it.
I wrote a poem on the carpet
I acted as a clown for a long time.
But i never got up to read it
I occasionally smiled, trying to cover up a life that wasn't ideal.
I was a clown for ages
You caused the destructive event.
Honestly smiled on occasion
You won't realize the consequences until everything is destroyed.
I tried so hard to be perfect
I'm growing tired of you consistently interrupting me.
To make up for a life that wasn't
A shattered heart turned into many broken hearts.
You set the fire
You held onto your glass, neglecting to hold onto me emotionally.
But you won't notice til the house is burnt, burnt
We replay the past, but the same destructive patterns continue.
I'm getting tired of you talking over my words, words
You can't change everything, and I've come to accept that.
One shattered heart turned to many
I ponder what life would be like in an alternate reality.
You held your glass, you could have held me
If I poured out my heart again.
Replay the past but it's still happening
I wonder if we'd be okay or if we'd just pretend.
I guess you can't change everything
We were a family until the destructive event occurred.
I wonder what it'd be like
You caused the devastation.
In another life
You won't realize the extent of the damage until it's too late.
If i spilt my heart again
I'm growing weary of your constant interruptions.
I wonder if we'd be fine
I was a kid at sixteen, never expecting to feel the same at twenty.
Or if we'd just pretend
You can't change everything, and I've come to accept that.
We were a family til the
You caused the destructive event.
You set the fire
You won't realize the consequences until everything is destroyed.
But you won't notice til the house is burnt, burnt
I'm growing tired of you consistently interrupting me.
I'm getting tired of you talking over my words, words
I was a kid at sixteen, never expecting to feel the same at twenty.
I was a kid at sixteen, i never thought that i'd be
You can't change everything, and I've come to accept that.
Feeling the same at twenty
You caused the destructive event.
I guess you can't change everything
You won't realize the consequences until everything is destroyed.
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