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Love Me in Effigy

(Joshua Lyons)

All for a girl who only loved me in effigy.

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Verse 1
I'm still physically sick
From this acerbic aftertaste
You left behind
You'd say you love me
I'd say I wish
Then you'd get pissed 
I guess I wasn't all that blind

Pre Chorus 
Please give me a moment
To gather my thoughts
Please give me a moment
Just to breathe 
Please give me a moment 
To explain myself
Took you less than a moment
To decide to leave 

Chorus
It's always hate or some dumb debate
When she aggressively 
Gets drunk and decides to message me
The happiest song becomes an elegy
All for a girl who only loved me in effigy

Verse 2
She was so beautiful 
Brilliant and bright
She'd make the sunlight 
Look like night
But somewhere along the line
She threw out dignity 
If you're really in love with him
Your love's nothing to me

Bridge
What a strange turn of events
I guess like everything there
It makes no sense
No sense like you being in love
With a total slob
No sense except the change 
You'll make at your dead end job

Pre Chorus
Please give me a moment
Let me catch my breath
Please give me a moment
I just feel like death
Is this the life you want?
Forever broke and drunk on wine
Speeding down the road to nowhere
While he snorts the poverty line

Repeat Chorus

Outro
I love you
In effigy
I love you
In effigy
I love you
In effigy
Hope you're happy
You're fucking dead to me

© Joshua Lyons 2017

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