The city is wartorn
And nearly impassable
I act the lovelorn
Dramatically laughable
You said you'd come see me
Here underground
Now it's closing night
And you can't be found
I go through the motions again and again
But you are not here to see them
I go through the emotions again and again
And this time I actually feel them
I play the heroine
I play to their sympathies
I say the sweetest things
To command their empathy
I asked just one thing of you, to be here
Did I not let it slip that I was sincere?
That was my best poker face, trying not to care
I watch and I wait while you never appear
The city is wartorn
And nearly impassable
I act the lovelorn
I used to be laughable
And though I've been spoiled by petty privilege
I am no child throwing a fit
I could write the book of disappointment
And you'd be the final chapter of it
So you're a coward
Or could never love me
Or you have fallen
To the enemy
I asked just one thing of you, to be here
Did I not let it slip that I was sincere?
That was my best poker face, trying not to care
I watch and I wait while you never appear
♪
All these people came all this way
Faces stained with loss but smiling as they're crying
I would rather see you laugh at my tragedy
Than choke on these tears while I'm curtsying
So you're a coward
Or could never love me
Or you have fallen
To the enemy
The city is wartorn
And nearly impassable
I act the lovelorn
I used to be laughable
And nearly impassable
I act the lovelorn
Dramatically laughable
You said you'd come see me
Here underground
Now it's closing night
And you can't be found
I go through the motions again and again
But you are not here to see them
I go through the emotions again and again
And this time I actually feel them
I play the heroine
I play to their sympathies
I say the sweetest things
To command their empathy
I asked just one thing of you, to be here
Did I not let it slip that I was sincere?
That was my best poker face, trying not to care
I watch and I wait while you never appear
The city is wartorn
And nearly impassable
I act the lovelorn
I used to be laughable
And though I've been spoiled by petty privilege
I am no child throwing a fit
I could write the book of disappointment
And you'd be the final chapter of it
So you're a coward
Or could never love me
Or you have fallen
To the enemy
I asked just one thing of you, to be here
Did I not let it slip that I was sincere?
That was my best poker face, trying not to care
I watch and I wait while you never appear
♪
All these people came all this way
Faces stained with loss but smiling as they're crying
I would rather see you laugh at my tragedy
Than choke on these tears while I'm curtsying
So you're a coward
Or could never love me
Or you have fallen
To the enemy
The city is wartorn
And nearly impassable
I act the lovelorn
I used to be laughable
Other albums by the artist
Army of Me
2023 · single
Uncovered, Vol. 7
2022 · album
Lightbringer (Voodoo Slinky Luciferase Remix)
2022 · single
The Charity Sessions
2022 · EP
Lightbringer
2022 · single
Of My Own Space and Time I Am Queen
2021 · album
Loss & Comfort
2021 · single
The Love Apocalypse or, Uncovered, Vol. 6
2020 · album
Just Go Away
2019 · album
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