Beguiling - Sarge

And I tried to pin you down at 3am

By 5 looks like you’ve won me over again

I’ve spent the last year watching you deteriorate

You’re a likable bully

All along it’s been my mistake

Cause all these nuanced conversations

That cried for quiet consolations

Were affectations of affection

That stemmed from suggestive rejections

And still I loved your lilting anger

Dissected every word you sang there

Now I know every loaded line

I’ve heard them all too many times

But I don’t believe you anymore

This insincerity is starting to bore me

And I can’t figure out what’s wrong with you

When these indiscretions start anew and

I’m torn

I thought I’d gotten through to you but

Then next day looked like you’d one-upped me again

Your machinations leave me speechless and resigned

And while I won’t deny your talent

I’m gonna quit wasting my time

Note all these ripped-off observations

Encasing sly retaliations

They’re declarations of defection

From your beguiling new deceptions

But I still love the way you eye me

You gauge my temper

Satisfy me

And you’re so quick to realign

But I’ve heard that song too many times

But I don’t believe you anymore

This insincerity is starting to bore me

And I can’t figure out what’s wrong with you

When these indiscretions start anew and

I’m torn

So why’d you have to change?

Or have you always been this way?

I miss the way you were before

You figured out that I’m not yours

And at every show

I’m just another face in your front row

But now I know you’re so alone

So why’d you have to change?

Do you ever miss me the same way?

I miss our long talks on the porch

With shifting eyes and sweet retorts

And it’s been so long

I can’t remember what went wrong

I miss you but

I’m giving up