past tense

Maybe this time
You’ll be mine
No need to lie like before
Because I’m not alone anymore

Maybe this time
I’ll be alright
Lost in your eyes
Lost in time

Maybe this time
You'll let me hide
I'll get some kind of reprieve
As long as you don't leave

Maybe this time
I'll be a different me
I'd take your hand
Together we'd stand

sycophant

Move on, you say
The past is meant to teach
But you have no idea
How many I’ve ruined
Not one has escaped;
I’ve gotten to them all
There’s no one I can look to
And say, “I’ve done right by you”

So I play your game
I put on this face, this laugh
But I’ll never escape my past
And I don’t deserve to
So don’t pity me
But hate me if you must
And believe me when I say
You’re better off without me