Hostage

from Hyacinth EP by Romanus

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lyrics

leaving yourself cuts to the bone
and regrets have long arms.
hold me down, yeah, so it goes;
I'll reach out on my turn.

why does everything I do,
always cycle back to you?
tell me what you want,
tell me what you want.

nobody lies to themselves like you.
nobody can take me hostage like you.
but you are the hostage too.

es ist nicht genauso,
oh mein herz;
you've hollowed out the good in me
and replaced it with fears.
if I said I understood you,
would that dry your tears?
you know what it feels like when every heartbeat sears.

when every heartbeat sears.

maybe I died when I left home,
maybe I died today,
maybe the way you skin my heart is just another dream.
and everything I do always cycles back to you
'cause you never let me go,
will you ever let me go?

nobody lies to themselves like you.
nobody can take me hostage like you.
but you are the hostage too.

es ist nicht genauso,
oh mein herz;
you've hollowed out the good in me
and replaced it with fears.
if I said I understood you,
would that dry your tears?
you know what it feels like when every heartbeat sears.

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nobody lies to themselves like you.
nobody can take me hostage like you.
but you are the hostage too.

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from Hyacinth EP, released February 14, 2020

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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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