The Last Heartbeat

from The Undertow EP by Romanus

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you left a piece of yourself on me
stuck in my hair like a burr
you walked out just a little bit lighter
while I scratch and scratch 'til it burns

it woke up something, something inside me
oh god if you knew how much I hate this part
the fear that the one time filled up your belly
and you don't care to wait and see what it starts

save me, I'm on my last heartbeat
one moment until I bleed out and die
agony, I hate myself for falling
but you made it so easy, can't I stay the night?

there's nothing worse than what my mind says
things both cruel and untrue (you'll never love me like I love you)
like you're playing with me, just for some laughs
and I want to believe that's not you (that's not you, that's not you)

'cause you woke up something, something inside me
oh god if you knew how much I hate this part
the fear that the one time filled up your belly
and you don't care to wait and see what it starts

(I care what it starts, I care way too much
save me from myself again, save me with your touch)
save me, I'm on my last heartbeat
one moment until I bleed out and die
agony, I hate myself for falling
but you made it so easy, can't I stay the night?

save me, I'm on my last heartbeat
one moment until I bleed out and die
agony, I hate myself for falling
but you made it so easy, can't I stay the night?

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from The Undertow EP, released September 23, 2022

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Romanus Boston, Massachusetts

I make a somewhat messy chimera of bedroom pop/chamber pop/alternative/folktronica. Hope it makes you feel something. I also make music with my sibling under the name Charlemagne's Angels, check us out!

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